US service members abroad caught in the middle of overseas ballot battle raging between House Dems, GOP

Democrats say restrictions GOP lawmakers are seeking would disenfranchise thousands of U.S. service members and their spouses living overseas.

Republican plaintiffs argued that current law makes it possible for these residents to register and vote in elections without proper identification. They can then "receive a ballot by email and then vote a ballot without providing identification at any step in the process," the group alleged. Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.

But that contention has been met with fierce resistance by the half-dozen Democrats in Congress, who argued that the level of vetting sought by Republicans would disenfranchise "tens of thousands" of overseas voters in their states – including, importantly, U.S. service men and women stationed abroad.