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The right to vote, for example, should no longer be denied through such arbitrary devices on a local level, sometimes abused, such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
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John F. Kennedy
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gutenberg.orgJohn F. Kennedy: “The right to vote, for example, should no longer be denied through such arbitrary devices on a local level, sometimes…”
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Kennedy condemned local practices that unfairly restricted voting rights, such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
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