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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The voting rights of American citizens and their representatives Congress have never been and never will be contingent…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
The voting rights of American citizens and their representatives Congress have never been and never will be contingent on state and local officials never engaging in misdeeds.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes that voting rights are not dependent on local officials' conduct.

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