Should states be required to comply with the MOVE Act, a federal law passed in 2009 mandating that absentee ballots be provided to military personnel overseas at least 45 days before election day?

Overseas military personnel, in the past, have quite often had their votes misplaced, lost, or just generally not counted at all in many close elections. That was the reason for the MOVE Act, to require states, at least 16 of which were simply ignoring military personnel by providing absentee ballots in such an untimely manner, that military personnel had no chance of getting their ballots in by the date of the election.

Following is a list of 10 states and 2 non-states which have requested an exemption from complying with the law passed in 2009 to make sure the military stationed overseas received absentee ballots at least 45 days in advance of an election.

Massachusetts – yes
Rhode Island – yes
New York – yes
Delaware – yes
Maryland – yes
D.C. – yes
Wisconsin – yes
Colorado – yes
Alaska – no
Hawaii – yes
Washington – yes
Virgin Islands – yes

The U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, has indicated that he has taken the position that he does not intend to force these states to comply with this particular federal law.

Do you think Attorney General Holder should be forced to uphold his duty to overseas military personnel by requiring the states and the two non-states to comply with the law.

Just one addendum. Military personnel tend to vote Republican
One more addendum. Each state/non-state in the above list, with “yes” after the name, voted Democrat in the last presidential election.

Is there a rational reason for this decision? Or is it one of the hidden little ways that a master manipulator can eliminate a few “unimportant” votes without breaking the law?