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Vincent Perez: “There were barriers to voter registration, so they wouldn't…”

Featuring: Vincent Perez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 77

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Texas Redistricting: Breaking Quorum to Protect Voting Rights with Rep Vince Perez

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, where they persistently would do whatever they could to prevent predominantly black residents from voting. They would. One, There were barriers to voter registration, so they wouldn't allow black residents to register to vote. And that was one problem where even though they had 50% black population in certain states, there were zero registered voters from those communities. (04:35–04:42)

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Asserts that there were barriers preventing black residents from registering to vote in Texas.

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