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That yesterday husted did away with all early inperson voting leading up to the election. that is not fair. history shows blacks who vote before election day vote in person rather than by absentee. so closing in person opportunities hurts democrats more. with me is ted strickland and barry horstman. thank you governor, its great to have you on governor strickland. the republicans are so flagrant here. so flagrant to first of all try to shut down only democratic counties where people are going to...

Pennsylvania against voter i.d. did not prove their case. he also ruled that voter i.d. is not quote, an undue burden and the judge beliefs it will be carried out in a nonpartisan, even-handed manner. the aclu and other groups filed a lawsuit against the law which has been a contentious, politically charged lightning rod in pennsylvania. they wanted an injunction to block enforcement of the law before novembers presidential election. lawyers for the state though argued requiring voter identifica...

So basically, the voter i.d. law can go forward. he said voter i.d. is reasonable. they dont have one, they can vote provisionally absentee. how does that factor in? >> well, if you are to listen to the same mike turzai, the pennsylvania house majority leader, he was bragging this is going to help romney win pennsylvania, which is the whole point. despite all the claims that this is all about the voter fraud, this is a national effort to supress the democratic vote. >> except the supreme court r...

Have to beat them at their own game. if you give us eight days we will take advantage of the eight days and get souls to the polls. we are not going to let this deter us and not let this dissuade us and sure not going to let it discourage us. too many people suffered, bled and died for the right for us. we have to take advantage. whatever they give us, played a hand you have been dealt. you give us eight days, we will make it work in eight days. >> congresswoman, you have said to people to vote ...

Anything else. bill: i wonder if this wins in front of a judge. >> no the court cases are clear. bill: happened 12 years ago when democrats took on the military vote in florida that was a pr disaster, wasnt isnt. >> it was baloney going up against the grinder and they got chopped up because they were baloney. bill: you mentioned what courts have ruled. what have they ruled? what would a judge do in case like this. >> they would look at federal law and precedent, there is one out of puerto rico, ...

Are trying to do in return? >> well, the military votes are always difficult to count. some states, only 30 to 40% of the absentee votes that military people apply forever come back because of the mail. because of all kind of delays. so what ohio is trying to do is say, for the military who might be on deployment and going back and forth, they can vote the last few days, before the election as well as election day. now it is very easy in ohio to vote early. you can vote absentee anytime you want...

Weird stuff that kids just like look at, and theyre just like i dont want to be friends with someone who does that, you know. >> in freds world, there are plenty of people to impress. you never see them, but you hear them. lucas voices them all. >> dont take off any of your clothes in front of that camera unless someone pays you. >> besides freds alcoholic mother and absentee dad, theres freds crush, judy. >> this is getting kind of stalkerish. oh, my god. >> no, no, judy. you cant come in. nooo...

When hes actually like out with other kids, then hes like this awkward person, and he does like weird stuff that kids just like look at, and theyre just like i dont want to be friends with someone who does that, you know. >> in freds world, there are plenty of people to impress. you never see them, but you hear them. lucas voices them all. >> dont take off any of your clothes in front of that camera unless someone pays you. >> besides freds alcoholic mother and absentee dad, theres freds crush, ...

>> yes, this is a sign of how intense the fight willing be. you are having the kind of fights elsewhere. >> you had previously acceptance for the military. you made accommodations for military to vote absentee and other things. i dont think its a problem for extra exception. not like others arent going to be able to vote or cant vote early. they just cant vote between friday and monday. thats reasonable accommodation for people serving the country. >> what do you think, though? the legal challen...

On this stuff. but that, thats what were seeing a lot. that is the trend. this is the red tide elections of 2010, we have seen 180 bills to make voting hearter. 16 states have passed laws to do that. including new hampshire. votes needed to win the white house this year, which makes todays news from michigan somewhat startling. michigans republican governor, rick snyder, was handed a republican-crafted package of election laws, and he vetoed it today. at least some of it. today governor snyder s...