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Steve Cohen: Effective measures, such as the Voting Rights Act, are still necessary requirements of democracy.

On the recordJune 28, 2021
Effective measures, such as the Voting Rights Act, are still necessary requirements of democracy.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen stresses the need for the Voting Rights Act to ensure democracy.

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