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Bill Clinton: “The Voting Rights Act was adopted to give reality to the 15th amendment's guarantee of the right to vote, the most basic…”

On the recordJune 16, 1993
The Voting Rights Act was adopted to give reality to the 15th amendment's guarantee of the right to vote, the most basic right of a democracy.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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