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so if you hate cancer, and who doesnt hate cancer, californians yesterday had the opportunity to vote on something that would hate cancer in a really useful way. youd make it so that fewer people would get cancer in the first place, because fewer people would be smoking cigarettes if cigarettes were more expensive, and you could also help cure cancer by funding a lot of research into it. and also for the record, if you were a california voter who was voting on this thing yesterday, you...

Trying to take all of us to disney world on a ride rather than a democracy that we need to have in this country. >> we have a very open process. the rules are the same for everyone, and the law is very clear that the only way youre going to have a problem if youre intentionally trying to abort the election law process. >> let me show you this. ann mcfall. >> a county supervisor, says florida rental station database in place since 2006 catches anyone who trying to register in two counties. i mean...

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>> rudyard kipling in "if" if you sgloosh welcome to "politics nation." im al sharpton. welcome to "politics nation." im al sharpton. tonights lead, a decisive moment for who we are as a country. too often in washington its all about the spin or some political smoke screen, but sometimes an issue comes up that just clarifies everything. it makes everything crystal clear, having someone fight for consumers is one such issue, and is happening now. >> -- in history, the reforms we pas...

Quote, traditionally a supervisor of elections i go out of my way to avoid controversy and conflict, but legislation passed in the 2011 session was so egregious i felt i had to bring it to the attention of all interested citizens. that law was brought to the forefront in my office last week when we received by mail a packet of 50 completed applications of preregistrations from a public high school. it was an emotional day when i had to forward this information to the division of elections as bei...

Told the local paper, quote, this isnt someone who is going to commit voter fraud. she was doing a good thing. the election supervisor wrote herself in the local paper, quote, traditionally a supervisor of elections i go out of my way to avoid controversy and conflict, but legislation passed in the 2011 session was so egregious i felt i had to bring it to the attention of all interested citizens. that law was brought to the forefront in my office last week when we received by mail a packet of 50...

January and it goes january through march. hopefully they can create some of these misdeeds that they did in 2011. >> what do you think motivated them to change the law in the first place? >> oh, i think the ease of registering to vote was too much. there were some other changes that is really locking out the chance for students to vote. in florida, the primary for 2012 was moved up two weeks to august 14th. most of the state universities dont go back into session until august 21st. >> ann mcfal...

Registered in another county. we will catch someone if abe bigoda tries to register in volusia county. it just wont happen because of our security features that the state helped us develop. it just doesnt happen. >> miss mcfall, i know that you are republican in florida. the law about voter registration this year was passed by the ç republican-controlled legislature. signed by the governor who shared your party. how do you square your objections to this law? your feelings about it, with your p...

Third party law. it just is too cumbersome. if nothing else, the florida legislature goes into session in january and it goes january of these misdeeds that they did in 2011. >> what do you think motivated them to change the law in the first place? >> oh, i think the ease of registering to vote was too much. there were some other changes that is really locking out the chance for students to vote. in florida, the primary for 2012 was moved up two weeks to august 14th. most of the state universiti...

We will catch anyone who tries to register, for instance, in volusia county, already registered in another county. we will catch someone if abe bigoda tries to register in volusia county. it just wont happen because of our security features that the state helped us develop. it just doesnt happen. >> miss mcfall, i know that you are republican in florida. the law about voter registration this year was passed by the republican-controlled legislature. signed by the governor who shared your party. h...