Terri Sewell actually said...

Congress must do its part to remove obstacles to voting for the nearly 4.7 million disenfranchised citizens who have been released from incarceration and are still denied the right to vote in federal elections.

Context

Calls for Congress to help restore voting rights for disenfranchised citizens.

10/16/2019

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