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How the GOP Gutted Voting Rights
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In the wake of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008, a panicked GOP, citing illusory ‘voter fraud,’ did what it could wherever it could to restrict voting rights for minorities.
Carol Anderson
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Jun. 24 2016
1:00AM EDT
Joshua Roberts/Reuters
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