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Top Civil Rights Lawyer Sounds Alarm on 'Highly Orchestrated' Voter Suppression Days Before Election

Image of a polling station (Credit: Minnesota House of Representatives)

A top civil rights lawyer is sounding the alarm on a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which he says could pave the way for a voter suppression system less than a week from election day.

Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the nonpartisan Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, was referring tot the high court's blocking of a judge's order to reinstate some 1,600 individuals removed from Virginia's registered voter roll.

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