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On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
I am saying if Congress has the right to draft and enact elections laws binding the states in federal elections, I would assume that would include forbidding felons to vote, which is recognized under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock questions Congress's authority to restrict voting rights for felons.

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