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Article: Policy Center Demos Praises Legislation Designating Veterans Affairs Offices as Voter Registration Sites

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July 28, 2008
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Contact: Tim Rusch of Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, +1- 212-389-1407, trusch@demos.org

Applauds National Association of Secretaries of State for Resolution Calling for Registration at VA Offices

NEW YORK, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, Miles Rapoport, President of the national public policy center Demos, sent a letter of support to Senators Feinstein, Kerry, Clinton, Leahy, Schumer, Wyden, Reid, Murray and Obama for their sponsorship of S. 3308, introduced in the Senate on July 22, 2008. A House companion bill is expected to be introduced tomorrow. This legislation would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit facilities of the ...

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