Former President Donald Trump recently claimed that Democrats plan to send absentee ballots to military personnel and other citizens living overseas "without any citizenship check or verification of identity, whatsoever."

It’s these types of false claims about voter fraud that undermine our country’s electoral process. They also make it harder to pass needed reforms that would make it easier for the men and women who protect our nation to vote.

Legal reform for military voters is long overdue. Congress should expand the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) to standardize ballot return deadlines and guarantee ballot curing (the process for correcting a ballot that contains an error). Military families also need support and clarity about exercising their voting rights.

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