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On the recordFebruary 10, 2020
Representative Lujan testified about ongoing barriers whenever Native people received that right to vote when they became citizens, but they were denied that right.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Lujan discussed historical voting barriers faced by Native Americans.

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