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Summer Lee: “It sends a negative message to people that they are not entitled just because of citizenship, as Representative Jackson…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2019
It sends a negative message to people that they are not entitled just because of citizenship, as Representative Jackson Lee said, to participate in elections because it is their right.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the discouragement of voter participation due to state laws.

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