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G. K. Butterfield: “And in those jurisdictions, do you find African American communities and other minority communities submerged in these…”

On the recordApril 17, 2019
And in those jurisdictions, do you find African American communities and other minority communities submerged in these at-large systems and their votes are diluted?
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield questions the effects of at-large elections on minority votes.

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