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Peter Welch: “The election was supposed to happen on May 16, and there had…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Ranking Member Welch Rebukes Supreme Court's Decision to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

The state wanted to run the election under the plan that was in existence, and chaos has ensued. Yeah, I just want to interrupt to elaborate on your point. What I understood is The election was supposed to happen on May 16, and there had already been mailed ballots to military and overseas voters and as many as 100,000 citizens. That's right. And we, you know, as good lawyers do, voting rights lawyers do, said, hey, we need to slow this down. (00:52–01:03)

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Asserts that the election was scheduled for May 16, with ballots already mailed to military, overseas voters, and 100,000 citizens.

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