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Obama to Democratic Governors: Protect Voting Rights
Source: Associated Press
Obama to Democratic Governors: Protect Voting Rights
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Feb 19, 2016, 7:25 PM ET
President Barack Obama urged states on Friday to protect voting rights, saying "it's about making democracy as good as it can be."
Obama told a group of Democratic governors that he will press the voting rights issue this year, a presidential election year and also his final year in office.
"The job of our democracy is to make it easier, not make it harder, for our citizens to be able to vote," Obama told the elected officials, who are visiting Washington for the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. "We need to be modernizing voting to reflect the way that people live today."
He cited a new law in Illinois, his home state, where the governor is Republican, to expand early voting and allow people to both register and vote on Election Day.
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Feb 19, 2016, 7:25 PM ET
President Barack Obama urged states on Friday to protect voting rights, saying "it's about making democracy as good as it can be."
Obama told a group of Democratic governors that he will press the voting rights issue this year, a presidential election year and also his final year in office.
"The job of our democracy is to make it easier, not make it harder, for our citizens to be able to vote," Obama told the elected officials, who are visiting Washington for the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. "We need to be modernizing voting to reflect the way that people live today."
He cited a new law in Illinois, his home state, where the governor is Republican, to expand early voting and allow people to both register and vote on Election Day.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-democratic-governors-protect-voting-rights-37067930
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