Connecticut officials say the state might sue the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs if it continues to block efforts to educate and register voters in federal veterans' facilities.



State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Friday that VA officials are offering "disingenuous double talk and bureaucratic gobbledygook" in response to concerns voiced earlier this month by his office and Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz.

Blumenthal said the state is sending a letter to the VA threatening potential legal action if the agency does not meet its demands by Aug. 1.

Connecticut is among 20 states including Kentucky pushing the VA to reverse a policy that blocks nonpartisan groups from holding voter registration drives in veterans homes, hospitals and other VA facilities.

Veterans Affairs Secretary James P. Peake issued the directive May 5, saying the registration drives are not permitted "to avoid disruptions to facility operations."

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