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Elissa Slotkin: “The goal is to kick as many people off the voter rolls as…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 07:57

So imagine in particular for women who have a birth certificate for their maiden name and then get married and have a very different name that they're registered to vote, it makes it extremely cumbersome. And The goal is to kick as many people off the voter rolls as possible. So I think that it's important that we hear the president when he speaks about elections and understand how important it is that we preserve our democratic system. (07:57–08:02)

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Claims that the intention behind requiring proof of citizenship is to remove people from voter rolls.

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