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Voting Rights: Who Needs ’Em?

By Mitch Perry
Creative Loafing (Tampa) | November 20, 2012
After the Florida debacle, you'd think the talk would be about protecting voters’ rights. You'd be wrong.
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Tags: Racism, Florida voting

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