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On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
Thanks to the effort by the public and private sector, most notably the Election Assistance Commission and the Pew Trusts, we now have the nation's first Election Performance Index, an idea I proposed several years ago but believed would take at least a decade to bring about.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer highlights the creation of the Election Performance Index as a significant achievement.

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