It is our responsibility, as Members of Congress, to protect the right to vote; not just for African-Americans or Native Americans or Hispanic Americans but protect the right to vote for every American.
Stressing the importance of protecting voting rights for all Americans.
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Just because you have high turnout doesn't mean that bad laws aren't barriers to voting.
We took the case into Federal court, and the lower Federal courts ruled in our favor and ruled that the State legislature engaged in partisan gerrymandering and that it was a violation of the Federal Constitution.
Unfortunately, the High Court decided that political gerrymandering is not protected by the Federal Constitution.
Floridians deserve free and fair elections, not more restrictions on access to the ballot.
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