I am very struck that there was a significant factor of using long lines and fewer voting locations targeted at communities of color, and it is just wrong on every moral, ethical, and perhaps legal level.
Jeff Merkley: “I am very struck that there was a significant factor of using long lines and fewer voting locations targeted at…”
On the recordJuly 18, 2021
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Merkley condemns the impact of voting location reductions on communities of color.
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