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G. K. Butterfield: “We are going to fully reinstate the Voting Rights Act, Section 4, as well as some changes that probably need to be made…”

On the recordMay 12, 2019
We are going to fully reinstate the Voting Rights Act, Section 4, as well as some changes that probably need to be made to Section 5.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield commits to reinstating and amending parts of the Voting Rights Act.

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