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Coronavirus could threaten voting rights

Given the current upward movement in the number of cases of the coronavirus locally, there are concerns that some Jamaicans – possibly entire communities – could be under government health quarantine orders, restricting their movement and their...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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