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Pete Buttigieg: “Just because you get to vote on paper doesn't mean you…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Talks with Rev. Al Sharpton, Live at National Action Network in NYC

Published | Video Starts at 25:21

They didn't say it in that way. They just found ways to stop people from voting. That's right. And so Just because you get to vote on paper doesn't mean you actually have that right if they're throwing up all of these barriers. and we've gotten so used to it, even just in the way it is now, let alone how much worse they're getting ready to make it. (25:21–25:27)

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Asserts that voting rights are undermined by barriers despite being legally granted.

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