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On the recordJuly 27, 2020
Nearly 4 million Americans live on American soil and cannot fully participate in our democracy.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett highlights the disenfranchisement of Virgin Islanders in U.S. democracy.

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