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On the recordFebruary 26, 2002
There are some minimum requirements in the area of access, to make it possible for millions of disabled Americans who have never been able to cast a vote in private, independently, to be able to do so; the anti-fraud provisions of statewide voter registration; and provisional voting. Those are the three minimum requirements here--and fully fund it. I agree with my colleague from Utah. I happen to believe when there are mandates such as this, minimum requirements, no matter how minimum they may be, we ought to have the resources to make it possible for our States to do those things. I have committed to my friend and colleague from Utah that we are going to do everything possible to see to it that is the case. The President has already put $1.2 billion in his budget as a kind of indication of the administration's good faith on this issue.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing minimum requirements for voting access for disabled Americans in proposed legislation.

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