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Ayanna Pressley: “146 million people in this country don't own a passport.”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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CityLine: A Conversation with Congresswoman Pressley

Published | Video Starts at 10:40

And it puts the burden on voters in such a way that it would disenfranchise military voters, rural voters, and certainly women that in order to prove that you are a citizen, you would need your birth certificate or limited numbers of ID.146 146 million people in this country don't own a passport. and they would have to pay $130 again, which given the economic hardship for so many right now, that is just out of reach for people. (10:40–11:12)

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