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Eric Holder: “If you want to directly impact governmental policy, who is setting those policies, that is directly tied to the ability…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
If you want to directly impact governmental policy, who is setting those policies, that is directly tied to the ability to vote, to cast a ballot.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder emphasizes the importance of voting in influencing government policy.

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