Page 7 - Democracy Issue News Today

I think theres a record. it is true that many of the schemes, many of the types of things we see today may not match what you saw in 1965. but i do think that the court was wrong in striking down section four. and i think as the chairman said, youre going to see a mobilization from people who will say this is a democracy issue. we want congress to act now. >> but chairman, is it a democracy issue as mark is pointing out, is the supreme court really putting this on the american people, reminding ...

People in the states will fight against early voting cutbacks et cetera. we have the state fights, but we really need to get congress on board to move this. republicans have got to step up and listen to the voters because this isnt a republican or democratic issue. this is a democracy issue. >> right. this is for the table. this all makes sense. we agree with what was said. arent we at risk as we get farther from the election people are going to let it go? we have fiscal cliff and other issues. ...

Clear. now, when you compare that to the votes, if you look around the country because people need to understand that this is not only a civil rights issue, its a democracy issue. >> thats right. if you look at the obama people that are disenfranchised. let me show you the screen in ohio where we talked about the early voting. in ohio, early voting, 1.7 million early votes cast. president obama won the state by 300,000 votes. if you knock out 1.7 million votes. >> thats right. >> you can clearly...