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On the recordNovember 18, 2019
This bill strengthened the original Voting Rights Act by replacing Federal voting examiners with Federal voting observers.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Green discusses improvements made to the Voting Rights Act to combat voter suppression.

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