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Summer Lee: I remember clearly in the year 2000 the intimidation, using a database from Texas, of turning away people who had done…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
I remember clearly in the year 2000 the intimidation, using a database from Texas, of turning away people who had done their time.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee recalls past voter intimidation tactics against African-American voters.

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