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Dick Durbin: “Would you consider that perhaps not just a concern but perhaps a fear?”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2012
Would you consider that perhaps not just a concern but perhaps a fear?
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin suggests that the concerns about voter registration penalties may lead to fear.

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