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James T. Tucker: what we are really talking about here is that many of the barriers that exist are things such as the National Voter…

On the recordMarch 18, 2009
what we are really talking about here is that many of the barriers that exist are things such as the National Voter Registration Act that were originally put in place to facilitate the administration of elections, but far too often, rather than facilitating voter participation, these are being set up and used as barriers to prevent people from voting
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James T. Tucker
Arkansas

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Tucker discusses barriers to voting created by legislation intended to help voter participation.

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