LINK - In a decision that could affect Americans abroad who are not yet registered to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election, the Pentagon has begun restricting international access to the official Web site intended to help overseas absentee voters cast ballots.The Democrats won't let that dog sleep.
According to overseas-voter advocates who have been monitoring the situation, Internet service providers in at least 25 countries - including Yahoo Broadband in Japan, Wanadoo in France, BT Yahoo Broadband in Britain and Telefonica in Spain - have been denied access to the site of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, apparently to protect it from hackers.
In an e-mail addressed to a person in France who had tried to access the Web site, the Federal Voting Assistance Program's Web manager, Susan Leader, wrote: "We are sorry you cannot access www.fvap.gov. Unfortunately, Wanadoo France has had its access blocked to U.S. government Web sites due to Wanadoo users constantly attempting to hack these sites. We do not expect the block to be lifted."
Tuesday, September 21
Overseas Voter Update
Just the other day, we were talking about if you're going to be traveling or living out of the country on election day, you should get the wheels in motion to get the right applications. Well, in some parts of the world, the Pentagon's not going to make that easy.
