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On the recordJune 19, 2018
Your states just changed voter requirements to require the voters to prove with a voter ID, to limit the places where you can vote, to limit the time that you can vote. What has been the incidence of voter fraud in Ohio, in Florida that led you to conclude that you had to put these new burdens on voters? The answer was none. None.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questioned the justification for new voter ID laws due to lack of evidence for voter fraud.

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