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Summer Lee: “Voting has nothing to do with party affiliation or partisanship. I would almost consider it a birthright.”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2019
Voting has nothing to do with party affiliation or partisanship. I would almost consider it a birthright.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Voting is a fundamental right, transcending political parties.

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