"When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure."
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"When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.“
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