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Terri Sewell: “The attempts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration is just a modern-day form of intimidation.”

On the recordMay 12, 2019
The attempts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration is just a modern-day form of intimidation.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Sewell condemns proof of citizenship requirements as intimidation tactics.

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