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Patrick Leahy: “Our sacred Constitution guarantees that an American citizen cannot be kept from exercising his or her God-given right to…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
Our sacred Constitution guarantees that an American citizen cannot be kept from exercising his or her God-given right to vote because of race or color.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Emphasizing the constitutional right to vote free from racial discrimination.

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