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Maria Cantwell: “When you basically are part of a registration process, you…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Gives Late-Night Speech Against GOP Voter Suppression Bill

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

Now, my colleague thinks that we don't do anything to prove or to require that these people have to say who they are, which is not true. When you basically are part of a registration process, you have to fill out or comply with an attestation and identification of who you are. That is how the system works. It worked when you were a registrant and knocking on someone's door. It works that way on Motor Voter. It works that way everywhere. (01:51–02:03)

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Asserts that voter registration requires attestation and identification.

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