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Article: Veterans Affairs Secretary Peake Urged to Stop Blocking Voter Registration; Voting Rights Groups Encourage Voter Registration at VA Facilities.
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- July 21, 2008
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Byline: Demos
WASHINGTON, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, leading voting rights groups called on James B. Peake, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to reverse a recent decision that prohibits VA offices and facilities from offering voter registration and potentially registering tens of thousands of veterans.
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Common Cause, Demos and the League of Women Voters urged Secretary Peake to approve future state requests to allow voter registration at VA agencies and offices. This would be a reversal of his ruling on a May 1, 2008, request by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen that he ...
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