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On the recordJune 25, 2012
And the reason that this is pernicious is because political organizations do it targeting specific neighborhoods in order to challenge the vote out of that neighborhood, and they choose neighborhoods that are associated with strong votes for the opposing party, correct?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses the targeting of neighborhoods by political organizations to suppress votes.

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