A case before an appeals court petitions the VA to allow voter registration at its facility & to facilitate homeless veterans under their supervision to do the same. Pres. Clinton issued an order to do voter registration and Pres. Bush rescinded it. The niceties of Hatch Act and the VA's duties per appropriations are arguments. The not so niceties play out in Menlo Park (CA) case. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.