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Dora Drake: “The voter suppression that happened when I took my brother…”

Featuring: Dora Drake, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 4

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Diving into Democracy with Rep. Dora Drake

Published | Video Starts at 06:48

And that's heart wrenching for anybody to see that. And so what really did it was the election that happened that year in April and seeing The voter suppression that happened when I took my brother to go vote... the line was already two blocks long. was already two blocks long. That's wrong. You know, it doesn't help anyone making sure their voice is heard. It is crippling our democracy, which is already very faint here in our state, frankly, due to gerrymandering. (06:48–06:59)

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Asserts that there was voter suppression evidenced by long lines at polling stations.

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