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Dick Durbin: “Over a span of 20 years of voting in America... they…”

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

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Durbin Speaks Against Efforts To Restrict ' Voting Rights & Supreme Court Decision In Callais

Published | Video Starts at 09:00

This must be a real problem. Well, we took a look at it, and here's what it turns out. Over a span of 20 years of voting in America... they found... 77 people who tried to vote who were ineligible. because they weren't citizens of the United States who actually tried to vote. Out of 40 million people, how many do you think they found? 70. 70,000. 70,000? No. 7,000? (09:00–09:41)

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Asserts that only 77 ineligible voters were found over 20 years in the U.S.

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