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While the same is true for up to 41% of voters who live in ohio. i want to bring in nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, president obama won the early vote, well remind everybody back in 08, and one professor at george mason says more than one in three voters is expected to vote early this time around. so how do the campaigns take that into focus? >> well, the campaigns take that into focus, thomas, election day is right now. its not necessarily on november 6th. it is occurring ri...

No need to get nasty. heres your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. election day only 43 days away. but right now 25 out of 50 states have started early and absentee voting. by the end of the month that number jumps to 30 states. and that includes several of the battle grounds that will decide this election. absentee ballots are being cast. virginians have also started in-person voting. iowa follows suit this...

>> you basically almost dont see a campaign. the only part of the campaign you see is what you watch on fox news or something else. >> harris: is it still important for whom you vote? >> absolutely, its critical who you vote for, there are senate races and gubernatorial races and congressional races. unfortunately were down to a point where its eight or nine states that matter in the presidential, the rest are pretty much decided one way or the other and one more thing, we begin this week where ...

Whistle here. they dont see -- not just the whistle but the changing of the law and of the goal line for getting ready to vote because they see these people. heres a chance to score the black voter. they have this tradition of voting after church. they dont have private transportation. a nice tradition. very democratic. and then the republicans say, oh, i know how to screw these people. well take away that sunday before the election and its so blatant as bill says, bill clinton. >> no, its incre...

Law, the changing of the goal line really for getting ready to vote or being able to vote because they see these people and these legislatures, here is a chance to screw the black voter. they have a tradition of voting after church. people dont have private transportation. they get on the church buses, they go from church perhaps in a black church, they go vote that sunday. a nice tradition, very democratic. the republicans say i know how to screw these people. were going to take away that sunda...

Affect the turnout? i never -- in my lifetime, nobodys done anything this blatant. >> quite this blatant. joy, what i dont understand -- im going to get ethnic here, why white people dont hear the whistle. they dont see just the whistle but the changing of the law, the changing of the goal line really for getting ready to vote or being able to vote because they see these people and -- heres a chance to screw the black voter. they had traditional voting after church. people dont have private tran...

>> quite this blatant. joy, what i dont understand -- and im going to get ethnic here -- why white people dont hear the whistle here? they dont see -- not just the whistle, but the changing of the law, the changing of the goal line really for getting ready to vote or being able to vote because they see these people and these legislatures, here is a chance to screw the black voter. they have a tradition of voting after church. people dont have private transportation. they get on the church buses,...

Tomorrow, in all these states, as you said. >> a duel buster in ohio. some ohio republicans are going, where were you a month ago? >> they certainly have heard the screams and hollers on a lot of fronts. one there is to get out and campaign more. one of the factors to also look at is how significant and effective has the rnc been in taking advantage of shifts in voter registration? in iowa and florida, theres actual been been an uptick in truben registration since 2008 but are they reaching thos...

Legal maneuver, the state of ohio cannot implement that new law, harris. >> i understand that the phot fight is not over yet. >> ohio state general are defending the law. they say many states have laws that grant voting accommodations to military personnel and election boards need three days before the election to prepare. they say that the states should have the right to set the time of election . there aimle opportunity for everyone to vote. voters will be able to vote absentee and for the fir...

That yesterday houston did with all early in-person voting across the state on weekends leading up to the election. even that is certainly not fair because histories show that blacks who vote before election day tend to vote in person than absentee. with me, ted strickland, the former governor of ohio, and barry horstman of the great "cincinnati inquirer." great to have you on, governor strickland. the republicans have so flagrant here to first of all try to shut down only democratic counties wh...