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Opinon: We need federal voting rights legislation

Early voters arrive Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, to the City of Gainesville Downtown Building to cast their early ballot on the final day of early voting. - photo by Scott Rogers

10312020 VOTE 1.jpg — Early voters arrive Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, to the City of Gainesville Downtown Building to cast their early ballot on the final day of early voting. - photo by Scott Rogers

To all U.S. senators of the United States of America, as I help with the planning of the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, my heart is heavy. I am old enough that I remember the marches and riots of the ’60s.