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On the recordSeptember 30, 2019
It is an important reminder of why, for decades, a bipartisan majority of Congress and Presidents of both parties renewed the Voting Rights Act and why Arizona was a preclearance State.
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Greg Stanton
Democratic · Arizona

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Stanton emphasizes the importance of the Voting Rights Act.

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