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What does it mean?
Unresolved voting rights issues threaten national safety until laws protect the ballot.
In plain terms
Unsettled issues threaten safety until voting is protected by law.
What can you take from it?
Secure voting laws are essential for national safety.

Where it applies

  • voting reform
  • policy debate
  • civil rights

Putting it to work

  • support voting rights laws
  • protect ballot access
  • ensure fairness

Questions to consider

  • How do you protect a free vote?
  • Why does unrest threaten safety?

Another view

Laws alone may not stop entrenched inequality.

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