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On the recordJune 23, 2021
The witness testimony today and in our earlier hearings laid out multiple examples of how after the Shelby County decision communities were forced to bring Section 2 cases as States formerly under preclearance immediately passed laws--or recently as well--to restrict Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Black Americans access to the polls and their ability to elect candidates of their choice.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Leger Fernandez discusses the impact of the Shelby County decision on voting rights.

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