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The mississippi mud was expected to fly today. we had pro-mcdaniel tea party backed poll watchers planning to man the polls. the local naacp chapter feared that would lead to voter intimidation and suppression. what have you seen there on the ground? >> well, poll workers here at this polling station in a neighborhood center in hattiesburg tell me they have not seen any mcdaniel poll watchers. maybe thats not surprising because there havent been many african-american voters here. really, the foc...

Than 30 minutes to vote. the report is filled with very specific guidance about how to speed up voter lines, including, of course, early voting. heres one example of the level of detail in the submissions report. election officials should pretest the length of time it takes an average voter to vote a ballot in order to accurately estimate how many poll workers, machines and voting stations will be needed at each voting location. that, of course, is something that election officials should have b...

Its report to the president and recommendations include expanding early voting, expanding online registration, supporting schools as voting places and increasing the number of bilingual poll workers. these are common sense solutions for our growing democracy and they are called for action -- a call to action to protect our fundamental right to vote. joining me now is bob bower former white house council and co-chair of the commission. >> thank you for having me. >> congratulations on this report...

In fact i voted today. i had to sign my name in front of the poll workers who verified the signature because new york state does not have a photo i.d. requirement at least did i something. some liberal americans say voter i.d. laws are suppressing the votes of minorities and that the laws arent needed. >> there is not a serious voter fraud problem in this country. its people that will not accept that they lose elections. >> and they claim that there is widespread abuse and voter fraud, but nothi...

I had to sign my name in front of the poll workers who verified the signature because new york state does not have a photo i.d. requirement at least did i something. some liberal americans say voter i.d. laws are suppressing the votes of minorities and that the laws arent needed. >> there is not a serious voter fraud problem in this country. its people that will not accept that they lose elections. >> and they claim that there is widespread abuse and voter fraud, but nothing documents, nothing s...

[ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, thats progressive. call or click today. think about this. should someone who is not a u.s. citizen be auh lowed to serve on a jury or monitor an american election? that debate is spreading. chris, nice to see you. whats going on in california with people who arent citizens serving on juries and being poll monitors? >> governor brown signed a bill to uh allow noncitizens to serve as poll workers saying it will help multi-lingual poll work...

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This case under the voting rights act, but it is clear that the motive was present already. >> thats going to be interesting how you develop that. texas not alone. north carolina approved a law that is even harsher than texas. it cuts early voting down by a week, it eliminates the ability for poll workers to issue provisional ballots for someone who shows up at the wrong precinct. i tie this into shifting the presidential election into a full winner take all basis upon which we do it now, it loo...

We havent even started any of the discovery in the case. but, again, this is a state that has in the same legislative session have found to do other voting actions that were purposely done on the basis of race. we dont have to show motive in this case under the voting rights act, but it is clear that the motive was present already. >> thats going to be interesting how you develop that. texas not alone. north carolina approved a law that is even harsher than texas. it cuts early voting down by a ...

This is not a sidewalk at all. see here we actually have to step on the road. my shoes im wearing would not work with this at all. its really not in good condition. it puts me very close to the road. and its pretty much just not a good place to walk at all. i can currently put my feet forward and thats it. and its getting smaller as we go. yeah, this is agricultural conference center right here. >> okay. >> and do note that if you look how small the parking lot is. >> wow. >> yeah. >> so the loc...