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Stacey Plaskett: “This lack of equal representation and equal voting power has a direct correlation to persistent poverty across all of…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2020
This lack of equal representation and equal voting power has a direct correlation to persistent poverty across all of the U.S. territories.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett connects voting rights to economic issues in U.S. territories.

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