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Testimony in Support of H 788, An Act Making Voting Obligatory and Increasing Turnout in Elections

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Testimony in Support of H 788, An Act Making Voting Obligatory and Increasing Turnout in Elections given to the Joint Committee on Election Laws by Miles Rapoport, Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School, October 20, 2021.

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The testimony begins at the 17:43 minute mark. 

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