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Summer Lee: “Can I just particularly ask you the question of the pain of not having preclearance and being confronted with the…”

On the recordMay 2, 2019
Can I just particularly ask you the question of the pain of not having preclearance and being confronted with the oppression of not being able to vote.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee questions the impact of lacking preclearance on voting access.

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