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Tom Perez: “We will not hesitate to use the tools available to us, including the Voting Rights Act, if these laws, important though…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2012
We will not hesitate to use the tools available to us, including the Voting Rights Act, if these laws, important though they may be, are used improperly to deny the right to vote.
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Tom Perez

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Thomas E. Perez states the Department's readiness to act against improper voter ID laws.

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