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Carter Walker is a reporter for Votebeat in partnership with Spotlight PA. Contact Carter at [email protected].
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.
Leonard J. DeLorenzo, PhD, is the director of undergraduate studies at Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life.
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