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Jill Karofsky: “There was an overt attempt to suppress the vote in this…”

Featuring: Jill Karofsky, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Published | Video Starts at 01:39

And we were fielding phone calls and text message from people who were absolutely despondent. They didn't feel safe going to the polls, but they wanted their voice to be heard in this election. There was an overt attempt to suppress the vote in this election. And we never will know how many people would have been able to vote had we not had the election. Had we not had the election, four on us on April 7. (01:39–01:46)

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Asserts that there was an intentional effort to suppress voter turnout.

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