Disenfranchisement of America’s elderly and disabled.
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Wed. Aug 26, 2020
Renowned inventor Walter Hutchins has voted in every presidential election since 1952. This year, as many states stopped sending teams to help seniors vote, his nursing home was on coronavirus lockdown and his streak was in jeopardy.
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