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Barack Obama: Voters must be allowed access to polling stations and must be able to cast their ballots free from intimidation and…

On the recordJanuary 8, 2011
Voters must be allowed access to polling stations and must be able to cast their ballots free from intimidation and coercion.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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