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!['“We have to vigilantly preserve and protect our most basic tool of self-government, which is the right to vote... State legislators in 49 states have introduced more than 400 bills designed to suppress votes... We’re also seeing more aggressive attempts to gerrymander congressional districts… precise efforts on the part of Republican state legislatures to tilt the playing field in their favor. Protecting our democracy wasn’t always a partisan issue...Even if Senate Republicans now refuse to stand up for our democracy, Democrats should be able to get the job done with a simple majority vote... We can’t allow [obstruction] to be used to block efforts to protect our democracy. PRESIDENT OBAMA](https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/EA/EA013/1/89296/images/FTVJRLA-quotes-GRADIENT-01.png)