Warnock decries court ruling, pushes to restore Voting Rights Act preclearance
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Sen. Raphael Warnock calls the Supreme Court’s decision narrowing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act a blow to democracy for people of color, arguing it enables new voting barriers and partisan gerrymandering, and urges Congress to restore preclearance protections and pass legislation banning partisan redistricting.
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