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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;Si podemos avanzar de una forma que sea cre&#237;ble, tendremos una oportunidad&amp;quot;, dijo la legisladora dem&#243;crata Zoe Lofgren, quien preside el subcomit&#233; sobre ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;Many voters expect to be able to register to vote online as part of their normal routine,&amp;quot; Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the sponsor of the bill, told Roll Call ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) are expected to introduce later this year. &#8220;They are still operating on ... </excerpt>
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