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Article: SEN. KLOBUCHAR URGES VETERANS AFFAIRS TO REVERSE COURSE, PERMIT VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS IN VETERANS' FACILITIES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 25, 2008
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The office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar wrote Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake today to express her concern over his recent decision to limit voter registration and voter education efforts in VA facilities.
Peake issued a ruling early this month that VA offices, residences and medical facilities cannot offer voter registration services, a decision that impedes efforts by state voter-registration officials and nonpartisan groups to help veterans prepare to cast their ballots in upcoming elections.
"Minnesotans have always believed that voting is not only our right, it is our responsibility. For more than two ...