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Jim Clyburn: “This is not a Federal takeover of the election process. Article I, section 4 of the Constitution empowers Congress to…”

On the recordJune 23, 2021
This is not a Federal takeover of the election process. Article I, section 4 of the Constitution empowers Congress to regulate Federal elections.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Clyburn clarifies that proposed voting legislation does not infringe on state election processes.

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