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José E. Serrano: “Whereas Mr. Dornan's unproven allegations and the actions of the Committee on House Oversight have resulted in an…”

On the recordNovember 5, 1997
Whereas Mr. Dornan's unproven allegations and the actions of the Committee on House Oversight have resulted in an unprecedented attack against Latino voters and created a chilling effect with a message to Latinos that their votes do not count; and Whereas the allegations made by Mr. Robert Dornan have been largely found to be without merit: charges of improper voting from a business, rather than a resident address; of underage voting; of double voting; and of unusually large numbers of individuals voting from the same address.
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José E. Serrano
Democratic · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing allegations against Latino voters related to the election of Loretta Sanchez.

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