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Dick Durbin: “We have seen nothing less than a Machiavellian frenzy of voter disenfranchisement.”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
We have seen nothing less than a Machiavellian frenzy of voter disenfranchisement.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin describes the impact of the Shelby County decision on voting rights.

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