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Mazie Hirono: Post-Shelby, the burden of going forward to show that a voter requirement law is discriminatory now rests with…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Post-Shelby, the burden of going forward to show that a voter requirement law is discriminatory now rests with organizations, individuals such as the NAACP, correct?
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Discussing the impact of the Shelby decision on voting rights.

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