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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine’s attorney general and secretary of state are joining efforts to call on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a section of the Voting Rights Act that protects racial minorities.
Attorney General Aaron M. Frey and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows have joined several of their colleagues in filing amicus briefs on the subject.
They’ve filed the briefs in a pair of consolidated cases that concern Arizona laws that have drawn criticism from voting rights advocates.
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