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What is the confidence? "the new york times" looked at number of registers compared to the same period before the 2008 election. they found nearly 81,500 fewer floridians were registered to vote this time. does the law go too far? leonard curry is the chair of the florida republican party. thanks for joining us. judith, advancement project voter rights organization. let me ask right off the bat, is it good for america to have fewer voters voting? isnt that itself a prima facia case, you are gett...

Minorities from voting. >> well, im trying to find out. because the trouble is, mr. curry, i look at the pattern in every state legislature and inevitably its republicans who want to reduce the opportunity to vote in every state. its always the same pattern. ill throw it back to you for a quick response. why is it your party that always wants to raise the barrier to voting, consistently across the country? in this particular period of time. maybe not 20 years ago but right now you want it to be ...

Not hugging and friends. >> we have serious issues with kids not knowing how to read and write in the ninth grade. >> now they cant hug, okay. [ laughter ] >> judith: and on that note, thank you for joining us. i love the panel. gregg, if you were closer i would give you a hug. >> gregg: im like hug deprived. i could come over. can i come over? >> all bets are off all presidential candidates are hoping to get a lot of hugging in louisiana. we will be live on the campaign trail. stick around for ...

>> gregg: time for a quick check of the headlines, wikileaks founder, julian assange says he is running for office in his native australia. he is facing possible extradition to sweden. george clooney a free man today. police releasing him after his arrest during a protest outside the sudanese embassy. he will be chris wallaces guest tomorrow on fox news sunday. >> judith: today is, of course, st. patricks day. a city in spain they are celebrating the life of another saint and much more explosive...

On his failed second marriage, which sheriff reichert rejected. >> theres no reason that you can give that can justify what you did. >> the accepted theory on serial killers is they cant stop killing or even slow down. thats why when the bodies of young prostitutes were no longer being discovered in clusters around seattle in the late 80s, many thought the green river killer had moved on to another city, or had been put in prison for some other crime. gary ridgway had not moved on but he had cha...

Voter rights laws and that have to be surbuoyed which other groups. were not only worry about 20 level, joining me now is judd it brown, coade director of a civil rights group focused on issues of democracy and race. judith, thank for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. could we see the justice department block other voter i.d. laws before the election? y. >> we did the attorney general was called on to enfielders choice hrs obligation to enforce the voting rights act. and before him he...

The state, get it at the time you register to vote. anyone here who is over 18, 18 or older that does not have a photo i.d.? yeah, thats what i thought. >> well, look at where he was asking the question, but judith, what is so untrue about what he raised, one, if you look at the facts, only six convictions, six for voter impersonation fraud has occurred since 1997, ought of 593 million votes cast, so its not a widespread problem. >> thats right. >> its 0.00001%. hes fabricating a problem. >> tha...

Prince georges county maryland. this is in fact the real fraud thats being perpetrated upon the american people, upon voter. and so this verdict today is evidence that that is going on. >> now, judith, i remember 2010 we have a chapter that we were hearing this but you hear it all over the country. does this verdict in your opinion help with many of the cases that groups all over the country have been trying to fight, and will it pour a little cold water on those operatives that may have plans f...

Jersey. weve seen it in louisiana, 1987. weve seen it 1990 in north carolina. we prosecuted 2004 in ohio as well as in 2008 in the state of michigan. they created these lists from peoples names who had been placed on foreclosure and challenged their residency. we went to court over that as well. and so the important thing, we want voters to know that we were watching in the past this verdict today and will continue to watch in the future for these kinds of activities. >> judith, i think that thi...

This in the right wing. strange they missed all of this voter suppression efforts will just outlined and the jury convicted on today in maryland. >> thats right. this is the real fraud. lets talk about this. lets get some laws passed that stop these deceptive practices, that stop people from going to the polls, that give them misinformation. unfortunately, this campaign of misinformation works for the right wing. what we need to do is stand up, stand for democracy and fight back and get some law...