VA Roadblocks Voter Registration for Injured Vets

Alternet and Raw Story reported Thursday that VA Secretary James B. Peake told two Senators that his department will not help injured vets register to vote before the 2008 election.

In a letter to Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass, on April 8th Peake said, "VA remains opposed to becoming a voter registration agency pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act, as this designation would divert substantial resources from our primary mission." Peake is referring here to a 1993 law allowing government agencies to host voter registration efforts.

Raw Story explains:

What this means is that many injured veterans still in VA hospitals who can't find means to register outside of their facilities will effectively lose their right to vote. Wounded veterans who have moved must re-register at their "new addresses" or file for absentee ballots in order to participate in the presidential and other elections.

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