It's hard not to look at what happened in the 2008 election. We had the most diverse electorate in our Nation's history.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “It's hard not to look at what happened in the 2008 election. We had the most diverse electorate in our Nation's history.”
On the recordApril 30, 2019
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Norton discusses the impact of the 2008 election on voter suppression laws.
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