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BOSTON GLOBE: Republicans learn the wrong lesson from poll
The real lesson of the US election was that, in the face of the pandemic and a ceaseless and baseless campaign by President Donald Trump and his supporters to delegitimise voting by mail, a record number of votes were cast and counted with barely a hitch. Voting was made easier, and voters took the opportunity to have their voices heard. The system worked.
But some Republicans are bent on learning the wrong lesson, pushing to restrict voting access instead of embracing the heroic efforts by state and local officials countrywide to expand it. Elected officials and the voters they serve must reject any such new restrictions outright...
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