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Elizabeth Holtzman: What`s at stake here is an effort to destroy our democracy. The center of a democracy is that the votes of people decide…

On the recordJune 5, 2022
What`s at stake here is an effort to destroy our democracy. The center of a democracy is that the votes of people decide the outcome of elections. It`s not some dictator sitting in some place with his machine guns and his little army or big army deciding the outcome.
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Elizabeth Holtzman
New York
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msnbc.com

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Elizabeth Holtzman warns about the threat to democracy and the importance of protecting the electoral process.

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