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Article: 'Department of Veterans Affairs Voter Registration Rule Change Not Enough; New Senate Bill Would Provide Meaningful Registration Opportunities to Veterans and Must Be Supported' Says Voting Rights Attorney
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 10, 2008
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Tim Rusch of Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, +1-
212-389-1407, trusch@demos.org
BOSTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week, Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary James Peake reversed a decision
issued earlier this year not to allow third party voter registration
at VA offices. The Senate Rules and Administration Committee also
postponed a hearing on S.3308, a bill that would require the VA to
allow nonpartisan voter registration drives and agree to any state
request that it offer voter registration at its facilities under the
National Voter Registration Act. The legislation is sponsored by
Senators Feinstein, Clinton, Durbin, Kerry, ...