If we don`t stop these kinds of efforts now. What we are going to see is more and more contested elections, contested not in the sense of healthy competition but contested in terms of who wins who loses. We are going to see a further delegitimizing of our democracy.
Barack Obama: “If we don`t stop these kinds of efforts now. What we are going to see is more and more contested elections, contested…”
On the recordJune 28, 2021
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Obama warns about the dangers of ongoing voter suppression efforts and their impact on democracy.
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