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A young man shows up to register to vote at his county clerk 30 days before the presidential election. It’s the last day to register. He’s just moved to a new town for a job and has been working doubles at the factory for weeks on end. When he arrives at the clerk’s office, he’s informed he’ll need papers to prove he’s a citizen. But he’s lost his birth certificate in the move, he’s never had a passport, and they tell him his driver’s license doesn’t do the trick.

When I first became involved with voter protection for the Democrats, we always assumed that this vote, or any other being suppressed, was likely one of ours. Higher turnout benefited Democrats, and vote

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