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On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
These kinds of voting restrictions have a disproportionate negative impact on racial and language minority voters, and contrary to what we just heard, disparate impact is very, very much a very useful evidentiary tool.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler emphasizes the harmful effects of voting restrictions on minority voters.

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