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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

The people working the election offices and the polling places really put in the hours, and we thank them for it.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

To close the doors down and put a padlock on the right to vote during those 3 days... is voter suppression.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

We should make it as easy as legally possible for every American to vote.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Our polls are open from 6 in the morning until 7 in the evening, so it is a 13-hour day.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

The problems that we have around this issue of the lines is mostly an urban problem and a college campus problem.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

The overwhelming evidence, however, indicates that voter fraud is virtually non-existent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Every vote counts. Every vote should be counted.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 6, 2012

Supporters of HB 194 argue that they are trying to suppress fraud, those who are trying to vote who are not eligible to vote.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 6, 2012

But our poll workers actually work harder during the 13 hours.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 6, 2012

I fear that is happening right now with the uncertainty that Ms. Davis has talked about.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 6, 2012

Ohio's new law, HB 194, threatens to make it harder for tens of thousands of Ohioans to vote.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 6, 2012

I was counsel, direct counsel on one of those cases and amicus counsel on the other two.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 6, 2012

the harder-working people of Ohio work 13 hours at the polls, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 6, 2012

Let us restore the law back the way it was and give us the right to cast our vote without----

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