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On the recordJuly 16, 2013
The discriminatory practices of the 1960s which gave birth to the Voting Rights Act have gotten what I call my three S's: they have gotten extremely sneaky, extremely sophisticated, and extremely smarter.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin warns about the evolving nature of discriminatory voting practices since the Voting Rights Act.

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