I want to also thank her for the extraordinary efforts that she is making to ensure that not only will in America every citizen have the right to vote and be welcomed and encouraged in exercising that right, but will also have his vote counted correctly. ... This is the civil rights issue of the 107th Congress. There is no more basic right in democracy than the right to vote.
Discussing the importance of voting rights and election reform.
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