That law, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), requires that states allow eligible Americans who live overseas to vote in federal elections.
Heckel pointed out that the suit was filed two weeks after counties Pennsylvania began mailing ballots to military and overseas voters "and baselessly challenges Pennsylvania law, which provides clear procedures for processing applications by overseas voters."
The lawsuits come as former President Donald Trump and his allies have begun to sow doubts about overseas voting.
Last month, Trump claimed on Truth Social that Democrats would use overseas voting laws to "cheat," a baseless theory Elon Musk also shared on X last week.
“Traditionally, we think of overseas voters as military voters who might skew Republican.
Persons:
Guy Reschenthaler, Dan Meuser, Glenn Thompson, Lloyd Smucker, Mike Kelly, Al Schmidt, Schmidt, —, Jocelyn Benson, who’ve, Michael Whatley, Patrick Gannon, ” Gannon, ”, Angela Benander, it’s, Matt Heckel, Heckel, Donald Trump, Trump, Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, “, Jonathan Diaz, Diaz, scapegoating, ” Diaz, Democrats —, Rick Hasen, Hasen, ” Hasen
Organizations:
Republican National Committee, Republican, North Carolina State Board, Michigan Democratic, Republicans, Uniformed and Overseas Citizens, North, Michigan Department of State, PR, Pennsylvania Department of, Pennsylvania, Social, ” Overseas, Democrats, Democratic, UCLA School of Law, NBC
Locations:
Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, U.S