Thread by @amprog

"As I see it, it should not be harder for service members to vote on U.S. soil than it is abroad."
— @neeratanden with opening remarks
#VeteransVoteByMail

"[Veterans] are being told you have to choose between exposing yourself to a deadly disease that you are more vulnerable to or you don't get to vote. I think that would be a shameful thing."

— @SenDuckworth #VeteransVoteByMail

"After we passed universal vote by mail in 2013 we saw an increase of 20% participation in voting in [Colorado]."

— @RepJasonCrow #VeteransVoteByMail

"Five states like Colorado have vote by mail, others that have some version of vote by mail — that doesn't work unless we have an effective postal service to deliver the ballots and retrieve them."

— @RepJasonCrow #VeteransVoteByMail #SaveThePostOffice

"As a service member serving in Iraq in 2004, I was proud to vote absentee ballot, to do it by mail on November 2nd 2004, one of the last duties I performed before I was shot down on November 12th, 10 days later."

— @SenDuckworth #VeteransVoteByMail

"[Veterans] literally have put their lives on the line for our nation. It has been through the beginning of time that they have done it. So, they, of anybody out there of our citizens should be given ability to vote."
— @SenatorTester #VeteransVoteByMail

"We have the greatest country in the world because we encourage participation. We don't discourage it. And the postal service is a big part about encouraging participation in our voting."
— @SenatorTester #VeteransVoteByMail #SaveThePostOffice

We must protect the health of our community and our democracy. That’s why it’s so important every American has the option to vote by mail.

Use your voice to defend accessible democracy and #SaveThePostOffice ampr.gs/2Kcv39r

Policymakers must institute vote by mail to ensure that vulnerable populations, including veterans, do not lose access to the ballot box this November. #VeteransVoteByMail

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