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Wisconsin. a partisan election observer now has the right to be three feet away from you. 36 inches away from you. this close when you are filling out your voter registration information at the polls and then again when youre announcing your name and address to the poll worker and get your ballot on election day. three feet away. when they record your personal information, which you now have to show in order to prove your residency to be able to vote in whi wisconsin. three feet away. as close a...

That he signed. it requires polling places to have an election observer within three to eight feet of you when you go to register to vote in wisconsin. a partisan election observer now has the right to be three feet away from you. 36 inches away from you. this close when you are filling out your voter registration information at the polls and then again when youre announcing your name and address to the poll worker and get your ballot on election day. three feet away. when they record your perso...

For force for democracy and freedom. he propelled south africa to the first free elections in history, where people of all races were allowed to vote. i was there as an election observer, and i saw people waiting in line for hours for the honor of exercising their new freedom to vote. >> all across south africa, polling stations were swamped. blacks voting for the first time waited for hours to make their mark. >> all my life and all my grandfathers and great-grandfathers. we are making this mar...

We have a big show today. the actor who standard in the new film of "mandela:long walk to freedom." reverend al, youve been watching the service. beautiful. >> its beautiful and a real tribute we wont see the likes of in our lifetime. to see people gather, heads of states from around the world, world figures, people of all denominations and religions. and to come right there to soweto. you know, the stadium is right at the edge of soweto, and i was in south africa as an election observer in 94 s...

Which he created the spirit of the nation. people dont realize that and dont remember that. we made him into a santa claus. he was a revolutionary. >> i think its very important the evolution of mandela from this violent philosophy to where he came based on the end goal, the end was the liberation and the democratization of south africa. sometimes we should recall. but his ability to evolve, what did he and hue he did it is why i think he becomes such an important figure. in my group we made man...

So, he stepped up. he stepped out. he continued to be, in my own view, a real renaissance man. >> reverend al? >> i think one of the things and it was pointed out about de klerk. we shouldnt under estimate the pressure on both sides of their own allies that were criticizing him. nelson mandela, i was on election observer in 1994, and mandela was being attacked by black nationalists that felt he sold out and de klerk by africaners that felt he sold out. they had to fight inside their own base to ...

Back freedom and democracy in this country. >> roheed, thank you very much for joining us. joining me now is reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" which airs weekdays on msnbc. and congressman barbara lee, democrat from california, an election observer in south africa, when mandela was elected president and worked on the legislative effort that removed mandela and the organization from the terrorist watch list. rev, truly one of the greatest figures of our time. >> probably one of the ...

Risk of some that were supporters of his, who didnt know about the negotiations until later. and for him to take that move of reconciliation and lead that country into an election, i was an election observer, i remember barbara lea, i dont think she was in congress yet. i have a picture of her and danny glover and all of us at the hotel. and it was an amazing time to see people lined up, the first time they could vote and for miles and miles, for three days, and they didnt vote on individuals, t...

Builds over decades the african national congress, there were other movements to the left of them. others that were to the right of them. but the tenacity of this movement led by nelson mandela who did 27 years in jail and transformed it into a democracy. i was there as an election observer in 94, and to see those people lined up as you did, having the first time in their life the right to vote. people were standing for miles. and of course the result was he became the president of the ruling pa...

Coverage on the passing of nelson mandela and joy reed of the grio and also with us tonight, dr. james peterson of lehigh university. i will start with you. a remarkable man. a life that is a true treasure to humanity. >> he is a star across all lines. >> you cannot compartmentalize him to a politician or a founting of south africa. heres a man who fought the hate and the bigotry and the institutional apartheid of a nation without internalizing it. he was able to reconcile a nation and move it f...