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Voter ID law. She eased voter access to the polls by pushing forth an initiative that allowed thousands of
Milwaukee residents to receive a free birth certificate. She also proposed and executed a successful plan to remove oversight of the Milwaukee House of Corrections from the County Sheriff.
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to three of her younger siblings and raised them herself. Harris Dodd and her husband, Anthony Dodd Sr., live on
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