My colleague is right. It is the basic proposition that there are a number of systems by which we can address this concern. There is a reason that groups such as AARP still believe that, even with the measure the distinguished Senator from Pennsylvania has outlined, the legislation without the Schumer-Wyden amendment still creates barriers. We have people in vote-by-mail systems--seniors, the disabled--who find it awfully hard, physically, to get about and locate the kind of documents the Senator is talking about.
Ron Wyden: “My colleague is right. It is the basic proposition that there are a number of systems by which we can address this…”
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Discussing barriers faced by seniors and the disabled in vote-by-mail systems.
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