Tag Archives: voting rights

VCS Action Alert: Let Our Hospitalized and Homeless Veterans Vote ! Veterans for Common Sense asks you to take action today and call your U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative and ask them to restore our veterans’ voting rights. In an … Continue reading →

August 8, 2008 – There is legislation pending in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives that would allow nonpartisan groups and election officials to conduct voter registration drives in VA hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters. We find … Continue reading →

August 4, 2008 – Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is seeking to register “millions” of new voters immediately after the Democratic Convention, according to top campaign officials who say the effort is one facet of a “capacity-building” effort this summer that … Continue reading →

This week’s update contains two topics. First, an update about our lawsuit and, second, VCS is fighting to restore veteran voting rights. Veterans for Common Sense, in conjunction with Veterans United for Truth, appealed our lawsuit because we believe the … Continue reading →

Our view: Helping veterans vote – VA should immediately rescind its ban on nonpartisan registration drives If anyone deserves to vote, it’s a warrior wounded while protecting America’s freedoms.  But Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake has thrown voting … Continue reading →

July 28, 2008, Washington, DC – Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip, on July 8 introduced a resolution demanding that the Defense Department better enable U.S. military personnel overseas to vote in the November elections. That act was followed … Continue reading →

July 21, 2008 – With millions of new voters heading to the polls this November and many states introducing new voting technologies, election officials and voting monitors say they fear the combination is likely to create long lines, stressed-out poll … Continue reading →

New legislation would give veterans access to voter registration services at VA facilities July 22, 2008 – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) today introduced a bill to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide voter … Continue reading →

July 19, 2008 – To participate in voter registration at the Veterans Affairs medical center in West Haven, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz would have to promise not to encourage anyone to vote and to limit registration to inpatients … Continue reading →