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Former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele on Tuesday called for nationalizing elections and ending the filibuster in the Senate. Steele argued that states are stripping away access to the ballot box and “putting hurdles” in front of voters. He added that removing the Senate filibuster and putting the federal government in charge of election laws makes “common sense.” “[T]he filibuster is used as a wedge, a political insiders’ game, tool, to sort of not have to deal with the big policy,” Steele said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Rank and file Americans out there are just like, ‘Can you just get...