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Democrats are winning the battle to expand voting access

Democratic lawyers have successfully pushed for new voting policies in swing states

EVERY WEEK, VIRGINIA GOVERNOR Terry McAuliffe spends a few hours in his office with a thick stack of papers containing the names of convicted felons. Sitting under a portrait of George Washington, he checks that each person has completed their sentence and that none are on parole. Then his staff sends out thousands of letters, stamped with the governor’s seal, informing these citizens that their voting rights have

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