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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
I find it ironic and painful that at this moment in our history, as we celebrate with the movie 'Selma' and talk about the 50-year anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, that States, many States, on a systematic basis are making it more difficult for Americans to vote, without any evidence of voter fraud to back up those changes.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticizes states for making voting harder without evidence of fraud.

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