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Dick Durbin: “In a 20 year period of time, millions of people registered…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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'The Attack Is Underway': Dick Durbin Decries Republican-Backed Voting Laws After SCOTUS Decision

Published | Video Starts at 01:47

You say to yourself, well, what has happened that led to this? What could possibly be how many people are actually voting illegally in the United States? Well, we did a very careful survey. In a 20 year period of time, millions of people registered, multimillions voted, and there were 77 questioned in the entire United States. in a 20 year period of time. 77 voters out of the millions of votes cast. And you ask yourself, well, if it's only 77, what's the problem? (01:47–01:57)

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Asserts that only 77 voters were questioned for voting illegally in the U.S. over 20 years.

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