Dept. Of Vet Affairs Continues To Violate Law, Block Voter Registration Drives for Wounded Warriors

[BradBlog]

Source: BRAD BLOG



Exclusive: Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Continues To Violate Law, Block Voter Registration Drives for Wounded Warriors
Despite VA Claim of Changed Policy, Vet Group Forced to File 'Emergency Motion' as Barriers Erected to Keep Non-Profit Group From Registering Vets at San Francisco Facility...

Despite last week's agreement by the Dept. of Veteran Affairs that they would follow federal law --- after months of pressure from vets groups, members of Congress and the public --- and relent to allow voter registration drives on their federal facilities, The BRAD BLOG has learned that the department is continuing to block non-partisan groups access to our wounded warriors in order to sign up voters. With most voter registration deadlines for the general election just one month away, the continuing stonewall, in this case by the San Francisco VA, continues to outrage.

The non-partisan Veterans for Peace organization has now been forced to file an emergency motion with the court in order to gain access. They contacted us this morning with the following statement...

FULL STORY, STATEMENT: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6389


Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6389

[boomerbust]

1. Lowest of the low.

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[McCamy Taylor]

2. Shameful! I hope that KO covers this story!

[Trillo]

3. Has the Department of Veteran Affairs been privitized? n/t

[BradBlog]

4. Privitized, Politicized...what's the diff with these guys? n/t

[Joe Chi Minh]

5. Hey, they support the troops, you know....! But it's kind of a "virtual" support.

The mirror-image of their actual suppression of their most elementary societal rights.