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Mark Warner: “It is frankly, to me, an embarrassment that we, the oldest functioning democracy in the world, cannot make these simple…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
It is frankly, to me, an embarrassment that we, the oldest functioning democracy in the world, cannot make these simple fixes.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Warner criticizes the U.S. for failing to implement necessary voting reforms.

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