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Source: Lincoln Journal Star
OMAHA -- U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson is lauding Senate support of a measure he helped write to make it easier for military service members overseas to vote in federal elections.
The Nebraska Democrat said Wednesday in a weekly call with reporters that the measure has 59 co-sponsors and is well on its way to being adopted. The Senate already has approved an appropriations bill that includes Nelson's amendment to provide $15 million to implement the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act.
Nelson says he wants the measure in place for the 2010 general election.
Nelson helped draft the measure after learning that 1 in 4 military and overseas voters from the seven states with the greatest number of deployed troops had their votes counted in the 2008 election.
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