Article: REPS. BRADY, FILNER CRITICAL OF VA LIMITATIONS ON VOTER REGISTRATION

The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following news release:

On Wednesday, July 23rd, Committee on House Administration Chairman Robert A. Brady and House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Bob Filner sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake strongly criticizing a Department of Veterans Affairs directive that prohibits voter registration activities at VA facilities. Directive 2008-025 restricts voter registration activities by outside organizations and individuals based upon claims that these activities disrupt normal facility operations.

"It is inconceivable that the Department of Veterans Affairs would restrict non-partisan, non-profit ...

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