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Congresswoman Beatty Statement on Ohio State Senate Republican Attempts to Restrict the Right to Vote

Statement

Date: March 26, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Higher Education

U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) released the following statement on the Ohio State Senate Republican proposed transportation budget that would require out-of-state college students to pay a fee and obtain an Ohio driver's licenses and vehicle registrations if they register to vote in the state:

"We just commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and now Republicans in our state legislature are attempting to remove a basic American right -- the right to vote. I hope the legislature will withdraw this unwarranted proposal that smacks in the face of 50 years of progress and could silence hundreds of thousands of student voices."


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