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Mark Kelly: “If we could pass the John Lewis Voting Rights act and have…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly does not support new redistricting

Published | Video Starts at 01:39

And because of that, we have. We often have, out of nine districts, we have two or three that are competitive. If the whole country was like that, If we could pass the John Lewis Voting Rights act and have independent commissions draw these districts, I think we would have a much stronger democracy. and we would also be able to get more stuff done. When you draw districts that are, you know, when you don't have competition, it's just polarizing in nature. (01:39–01:49)

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Asserts that passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and using independent commissions would strengthen democracy.

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