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Colin Allred: “The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement act that would have…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Inside Texas Politics | Full interview on the Democratic Senate runoff with Colin Allred

Published | Video Starts at 05:19

People should know that the last time that when I was in Congress and Democrats had a majority in the House, we voted on a bill called The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement act that would have required every state to have nonpartisan independent commissions to draw their congressional districts. That was even though many people voted for that, knowing that it probably would have changed their districts or eliminated their districts. (05:19–05:28)

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