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Jim Clyburn: “Don't say to this senior citizen who's having a job making…”

Featuring: Jim Clyburn, Democratic | U.S. House, South Carolina, District 6

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Civil Rights, Voter ID and How Democrats Win Back Voters With Congressman Jim Clyburn

Published | Video Starts at 44:46

So now that's not what this is. Let's talk about what ID you would have that you don't have to pay for. Don't put a poll tax on this. Don't say to this senior citizen who's having a job making ends meet that we're going to charge you another $150 to get an ID to vote. That's a poll tax, it seems to me. So that's the kind of thing that we're talking about. And that happens over and over again. (44:46–45:01)

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Asserts that charging for voter ID is akin to a poll tax.

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