Definition of voter
:one that votes or has the legal right to vote
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Kobach, a Republican who is now running for governor, urged lawmakers to pass a controversial 2011 law that required voters to show a photo ID at the polls.
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Even after the 19th amendment was added to the Constitution, women of color were subject to voter-suppression measures, a form of prejudice that is unfortunately still present today even after the passage of 1965’s Voting Rights Act.
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Those in attendance had a chance to ask the Illinois Democrat questions on such topics as education, North Korea, scientific research, nuclear power, voter rights and gun control.
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Voters then sent him back to an unprecedented fourth term in 1990 with 68 percent of the vote.
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Ballots will be sent to voters by Sept. 12, and must be returned between Oct. 27 and Nov. 7.
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But perhaps a more fundamental question is whether Republican politicians who tried — and may try again — to take away often vital health care benefits from their voters will pay a political price.
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His hope is that the board will take those recommendations to the voters so that each recommendation can be voted on individually.
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State government officials are continually finding ways to re-draw voting maps in order to sway voters toward the right and disenfranchise people of color.
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First Known Use of voter
circa 1578
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