U.S. military veterans severely criticized Mitt Romney today for supporting laws limiting the right of residents to vote in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Republican-controlled legislatures recently enacted new voting laws. In a press conference this morning, the veterans also took Romney to task for accusing President Obama of suppressing the vote of military veterans because the Obama campaign filed a lawsuit seeking to block an Ohio law that restricts a successful early voting program.

The veteran’s group VoteVets.org has launched a new video and petition to support Wisconsin public employees in their fight against Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) attempt to eliminate their rights to bargain for middle-class jobs and in support of workers engaged in similar battles in other states.