Amazingly the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has decided to ban all “nonpartisan voter registration drives at federally financed nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for homeless veterans.”
As citizens is not voting a right not an option?
The New York Times published an op-ed today by Susan Bysiewicz, who is the secretary of state for Connecticut entitled “Help Our Veterans Vote“.
She makes a very compelling case that demolishes the VA’s argument against voter registration drives. We recommend it as a must read. Click here to read the op-ed.
Ms. Bysiewicz ends her op-ed with this summary:
The federal government should be doing everything it can to support our nation’s veterans who have served us so courageously. There can be no justification for any barrier that impedes the ability of veterans to participate in democracy’s most fundamental act, the vote.
We fully agree with Ms. Bysiewicz.
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