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Dick Durbin: “That is, changing the rules in response to a new perceived threat from minority citizens when really the minority…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
That is, changing the rules in response to a new perceived threat from minority citizens when really the minority citizens are exercising their rights as Americans, that is a particularly pernicious problem.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the issue of changing voting rules that threaten minority voting rights.

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