The follow letter was sent to Attorney General Kathleen Jennings with a copy provided to the Cape Gazette for publication.
Your intended appeal of the recent Superior Court of Delaware decision regarding the constitutionality of the voting laws of Delaware is ill-advised and seems politically motivated.
The issues at hand are permanent absentee voting and early voting, the constitutionally of which you describe as “politically extreme.”
You state, “Our military families, Delawareans who volunteer and are sent all over the globe in service of our nation, are now being deleted from the permanent absentee list …This extreme Republican minority lawsuit has now successfully disenfranchised our state’s most vulnerable and most noble voters, veterans, disabled caregivers and working people, 21,000 of them in the case of permanent absentee voters.”
I served our country in the U.S. Navy for 28 years – almost half of which I was deployed overseas and voted by absentee ballot. At no time was there ever an issue with the annual absentee ballot process. I resent that you have made this a political issue and that you claim that I was disenfranchised. While eliminating the permanent absentee option may inconvenience some voters, it absolutely does not disenfranchise them – and to claim so is blatantly disingenuous.
Regarding early voting, I have availed myself of this option over many years since my retirement and will continue to do so as long as it available. But it is a convenience and not a disenfranchisement. My right to vote is not denied by my personal choice.
I ask that you reconsider your ill-conceived appeal.
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