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Mark Warner: “You should not have to be a marathon runner. That is not what our founders envisioned.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
You should not have to be a marathon runner. That is not what our founders envisioned.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Voting should be accessible, not a challenge requiring physical endurance.

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