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On the recordOctober 16, 2019
North Carolina... passed a sweeping voter suppression law that a Federal appeals court ultimately held to be unconstitutional, finding that it intentionally 'targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.'
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Citing a specific example of voter suppression targeting African Americans.

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