"After the storm of controversy last fall over the waiver it received, Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed is asking the Legislature to move Washington's Primary Election two weeks earlier, to early August, to ensure that Washington complies with a new federal law requiring military ballots to be mailed 45 days before Election Day.."
Reed said Washington needs to move the state's Primary Election to the first Tuesday in August to comply with the Military & Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, passed by Congress in 2009. The Primary date must be earlier because the MOVE Act requires military and overseas ballots to be mailed 45 days before November's Election Day instead of Washington's current law of 30 days before Election Day
Washington Secretary of State proposes reforms to comply with the MOVE Act
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