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Lyndon Johnson: “We should be deeply concerned that less than two-thirds of Americans of voting age cast ballots in Presidential…”

On the recordDecember 19, 1963
We should be deeply concerned that less than two-thirds of Americans of voting age cast ballots in Presidential elections.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Accepting Report of the Commission on Registration and Voting Participation

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