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Maggie Hassan: “When voters don’t have confidence that their input matters or that they can hold their elected representatives…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2021
When voters don’t have confidence that their input matters or that they can hold their elected representatives accountable, then the democracy really does begin to crumble.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire
Source
msnbc.com

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Hassan discusses the consequences of undermining voter confidence on democracy.

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