And it was met, of course, by retrenchment and opposition. And that is the period that we are … We made a state level pre clearance empowering...Attorney General Tish James...to pre clear any changes to the rules or procedures that might threaten vulnerable voters. … have, in fact, right now active lawsuits that are being litigated using this law, one in particular by Latino voters in Westchester who have never seen representation that looks like them in their history of the town. (12:04–12:23)
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Asserts that New York established state-level pre-clearance empowering the Attorney General to oversee changes affecting vulnerable voters.
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