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Summer Lee: “It is much to my dismay that Texas has become the prototype for denying the rights of citizens to vote.”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2019
It is much to my dismay that Texas has become the prototype for denying the rights of citizens to vote.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Texas exemplifies current challenges in protecting voting rights.

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