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Everything they possibly can, they have taken their personal responsible as secretary husted often says, they have registered to vote, showed up at the correct polling place and then directing to the wrong precinct through no fault of their own, you can no longer throw out those ballots. >> that had previousply been the way that ohio was operating, that even if it was no fault of your own, they told you to vote in the wrong place, that would result in your ballot being thrown out, but that will ...

The law is simple. everyone has the right to vote. what secretary of state john houston did in ohio. he set up a system where by a conservative white town has more acess to voting booths and not the blacky counties. poll workers tell you to vote in the wrong place they can throw the ballots. democrats say you should vote. and third and most important thing. let me finish. you are not going to let me finish. >> i am going to let you finish and then jump in. >> this was confirmed if you didnt want...

Directed to the wrong precinct through no fault of their own. you can no longer throw out those ballots. >> that had previously been the way that ohio was operating, that even if it was no fault of your own, they told you to vote in the wrong place, that would result in your ballot being thrown out, but that will now be counted as a provisional ballot, as a properly ballot? >> it was a provisional ballot. cast in the wrong precinct will not be thrown out if in fact it was poll worker error. ohio...

County this official that i quoted about african-americans, was saying this, 82% of the voters that voted early voted on the hours that theyre now trying to ban. >> and the other thing thats so really ridiculous, reverend al, is that if we go the way we are today, 197,000 ohioans will be -- >> how many? >> 197,000 voted just on weekends at early voting in 2008. and in addition to which, by having the early voting we saved millions of dollars across the state of ohio. when you look at the fact th...

>> bret: opponent of pennsylvanias photo i.d. voter law are vowing to keep up the fight. they took a hit today when a state judge refused to block the measure. senior correspondent eric shawn tells us why. >> reporter: voter i.d. upheld in the 70-page opinion. pennsylvania commonwealth judge refused to grant a preliminary injunction to stop the states new voter i.d. law. judge robert simpson ruled photo i.d. is reasonable. and if people dont have one, he said, they can always vote by professiona...

This one is big. another battleground state, a judge refused today to stop a new voter identification law from taking effect. and many believe t could effect this election. eric shawn is in our newsroom. eric, explain what happened. >> yeah, shepard, opponents of voter id which require a photo id if you want to vote. they say it will disenfranchise voters and the he elderly. judge rejected that refusing to grant injunction to stop the law. robert simpson declared voter i.d. is reasonable. and he...

Citing potential confusion among voters. that was everyday at the polls. as poll workers argued with voters who refused to check a box that they are not legally required to do. all these efforts are aimed at awe pressing the vote to stop the so-called voter fraught. the problem is voter fraught doesnt exist. republicans cant get elected on slashing medicare, medicate and social security and get elected on advocating for tax cuts at the expense of the middle class. what do they do? they resort to...

Voters. that confusion was evident at the polls last night. during the michigan primary. as poll workers argued with voters who refused to check a box that they are not legally required to do. all these efforts are aimed at suppressing the vote in order to stop the so-called voter fraud. the problem is voter fraud doesnt exist. republicans cant get elected on their agenda of slagging medicare, medicaid and social security. they cant get elected on advocating for tax cuts for the wealthiest ameri...

In the big finish tonight, the republican effort to block the vote. it just conditions. its their top priority. weve seen the legislative efforts to suppress the democratic voting blocs in a number of states this season. we told you about florida, pennsylvania, and ohio. now its michigan where there are reports of voters being turned away because they refused to check a box asking them about their citizenship on the ballot. the republican led state legislature passed a bill requires voters to af...

Early voting in half initially. they tried to repeal the requirement that poll workers give you correct information about where to vote, so you vote at the right precinct table and your ballot doesnt get thrown out. they tried to repeal that. ohios election system was ohios election system was already broken. once republicans gained control, they set about making it worse. the cincinnati inquirer which is not exactly a left wing rag, just published a big multi-part investigation into the plroble...