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Ben Ray Luján: “The inequities include a lack of access to broadband, insufficient housing support, barriers to ensuring an accurate…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2020
The inequities include a lack of access to broadband, insufficient housing support, barriers to ensuring an accurate census count, and a failure to guarantee access to the ballot box.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan highlights systemic inequities worsened by the pandemic affecting Native communities.

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