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Mike Rounds: “I'd much rather have it be done on a state by state basis…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Mike Rounds on Meatpacking, Cybersecurity, and Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 21:07

I think a lot of the guidance on voter registration and the split among the redistricting and so forth is one that's healthy to have a debate on every 10 years. It's not perfect, but I'd much rather have it be done on a state by state basis rather than having the federal government step in trying to direct the states. to do that work that they've done since the beginning of the country. And on the topic of voting, even at a local level, a state by state basis, are … (21:07–21:15)

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Asserts preference for state-level governance over federal intervention.

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