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Madeleine Dean: If you do not own transportation, and there is no public transportation, the closure of a polling place that is 2 miles…

On the recordJune 24, 2019
If you do not own transportation, and there is no public transportation, the closure of a polling place that is 2 miles from your house now being moved to 10 miles from your house has not only a chilling effect on your right to vote, it absolutely negates your ability to cast that vote.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the impact of polling place closures on voting rights.

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