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"In this economy, as we have too few dollars for education, public safety and transportation, we should not be wasting valued monies to suppress voting," he said. "This is now a costly boondoggle and an affront to Virginians and the Constitution."
"This is not our finest hour, when we did not even have the political courage to pass a vote on his behalf," said Senate Democratic caucus Chairman A. Donald McEachin, Henrico Democrat. "We are on the wrong side of history."
