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On the recordApril 19, 2010
I am aware, having been familiar with the Department of Justice for the last 20 years, that the Department of Justice has had more emphasis on trying to block efforts to remove from the roll dead and duplicate names, it seems to me, than they have in enforcing this section.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions criticizes DOJ's focus on voter roll maintenance.

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