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Jocelyn Benson: “This big lie has become the foundation not just for hundreds of laws that have made it harder to vote, but also for laws…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2021
This big lie has become the foundation not just for hundreds of laws that have made it harder to vote, but also for laws empowering partisan officials to interfere with the counting of the votes, with the professional administration of elections and to really stoke fear in many election professionals.
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Jocelyn Benson
Michigan
Source
msnbc.com

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Benson addresses the impact of the 'big lie' on voting laws and the fear it instills in election professionals.

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