Black voter turnout appears high on Election Day, according to voter coalition
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- PBS NewsHour reports: “LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the voting rights group Black Voters Matter, said turnout in some states seemed to rival that of 2008, when Democrat Barack Obama was running for president for the firs…”
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