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On the recordFebruary 3, 2019
the voter ID law is a purge, because what we're doing is we're--we're doing--essentially doing away with voter registration and changing it to driver's licenses or Texas IDs.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson criticizes the voter ID law as a form of voter suppression.

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