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On the recordSeptember 4, 2019
the onus is now on Congress to create a new coverage formula to reinvigorate the Act's most important enforcement mechanism--its preclearance requirement
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Calls for Congress to restore preclearance for voting rights protection.

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