Pressure Grows to Overturn VA Voter Registration Ban
Democrats in both the House and Senate have introduced legislation to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to overturn a ban on veteran voter registration drives at its facilities. Separately, Connecticut's secretary of state is still contemplating a lawsuit.
It's the latest move in an ongoing struggle between Dems and VA leadership. In response to a March letter from Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) seeking to make all VA facilities voter registration locations under the National Voter Registration … more…
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Matt Townsend worked as a news and sports reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review before moving to New York City in 2003. As a student at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism (Dec. ’08 graduation), he has covered the 2008 campaign for The Huffington Post, freelanced for New York publications and interned at the New York Observer.
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