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G. K. Butterfield: “Those were code words back during the voting rights movement, code words for States' rights, and I pushback whenever I…”

On the recordJune 10, 2020
Those were code words back during the voting rights movement, code words for States' rights, and I pushback whenever I hear that.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield critiques the notion of states' rights in election management.

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