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On the recordJune 10, 2021
Now, we all know that the Supreme Court has suspended the use of section 5, but section 2 continues to be the law of the land.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield emphasizes the importance of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act after section 5 was suspended.

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