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Summer Lee: “The voting rights struggles of the 20th Century are now joined by voting rights threats posed by the 21st Century.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
The voting rights struggles of the 20th Century are now joined by voting rights threats posed by the 21st Century.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee warns of modern threats to voting rights.

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