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Terri Sewell: Acknowledging and alleging a lack of voter confidence or a lack of integrity in the electoral system is a false…

On the recordApril 26, 2023
Acknowledging and alleging a lack of voter confidence or a lack of integrity in the electoral system is a false justification to rationalize the enactment of suppressive voter laws.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Sewell critiques the use of unfounded claims to justify voter suppression laws.

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