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On the recordMarch 1, 2021
What we`re seeing I think in the recent spat of laws is the most severe restrictions put on the right to vote really since the days of Jim Crow, and just like in the days of Jim Crow, we are seeing politicians using the guise of election security to try and put in place laws surgically targeted to restrict the voting rights of folks they think might not vote against them -- might not vote for them.
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Colin Allred
Democratic · Texas
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msnbc.com

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Colin Allred discusses the severe restrictions on voting rights and compares them to Jim Crow laws.

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