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Patrick Leahy: “If you protect the right to vote for everybody, it is one of the greatest steps you can take to protect a democracy.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
If you protect the right to vote for everybody, it is one of the greatest steps you can take to protect a democracy.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the importance of protecting voting rights for democracy.

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