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At least along with several other states and portions of the state meaning it has to get preclearance for changes not electoral maps. in one of the cases you were referencing texas did have a case before the supreme court. the supreme court did not directly decide on the issue of preclearance but seemed like there was a suggestion maybe things have changed enough in the south it is time to revisit that issue. do you think things have improved enough? >> i think things have been improved but i do...

Minority citizens in south carolina are registered to vote but lack the kind of identification the new law requires. these voters are nearly 20% more likely to be disenfranchised by this change than are white voters. now, the department of justice can do this. it can step in in south carolinas new law because of the voting rights act of 1965. under section 5 of the voting rights act, certain states, states with an egregious history of legalized racial discrimination and suppressing the minority ...

Requires. these voters are nearly 20% more likely to be disenfranchised by this change than are white voters. now, the department of justice can do this. it can step in in south carolinas new law because of the voting rights act of 1965. under section 5 of the voting rights act, certain states, states with an egregious history of legalized racial discrimination and suppressing the my tinority vote, those sta must get something called preclearance. theyre going to significantly alter their electi...

As you know. so i think that thats finally sort of off the back burner and i do think that the tides going to turn. >> i hope so. professor, if the law is considered discriminatory, why isnt the department of justice rejecting similar voter i.d. laws in other states? what do you think? >> i think its probably because those states arent on the list of eight states that require preclearance because of their history of discrimination, as katie has pointed out. hes specifically going after south car...

Sort ofç off the back burner a i do think that the tides going to turn. >> i hope so. professor, if the law is considered discriminatory, why isnt the department of justice rejecting similar voter i.d. laws in other states? what do you think? >> i think its probably because those states arent on the list of eight states that require preclearance because of their history of discrimination, as katie has pointed out. hes specifically going after south carolina and texas because theyre on that lis...

Chew it over some more. on the other hand, an argument to be said. they needed to have a quick answer because the election is coming up. by the way, the texas attorney general is right now asking the san antonio federal court which has a role in this redistricting thing to hold off, to postpone the deadline for filing for members of the legislature and the house which was thursday. >> by the way, this is actually going to impact the presidential primary campaign because now theres talk of moving...

Of the katrina victims. what is most fascinating, the republicans are saying its by accident, and then you look at the smith e-mails, and we know what they are doing and maybe they wont catch on to us. not only are latinos feeling disinfranchised, but its so blatant. >> we have an e-mail not from him, but an e-mail from an expert on this, who wrote to the people drawing this map, and saying this is not going to fly. he writes the committee map has passed and has no chance of preclearance, and th...

2012. 63% of the 270 needed to win the presidency. joining me now is msnbc contributor and tulane university professor of political science, melissa harris-perry. thanks for joining me tonight, melissa. >> absolutely. glad to be here. >> melissa, it seems clear what the intent of the designs are. you never see politicians touching anything around the rules of voting except in ways they believe will help their party. this is all taking place, almost all of it taking place in republic an states wi...

Political science, melissa harris-perry. thanks for joining me tonight, melissa. >> absolutely. glad to be here. >> melissa, it seems clear what the intent of the designs are. you never see politicians touching anything around the rules of voting except in ways they believe will help their party. this is all taking place, almost all of it taking place in republican states with a very clear intent. >> sure. heres the point. it doesnt matter what the intent is. hopefully the involvement of the jus...

63% of the 270 needed to win the presidency. joining me now is msnbc contributor and tulane university professor of political science, melissa harris-perry. thanks for joining me tonight, melissa. >> absolutely. glad to be here. >> melissa, it seems clear what the intent of the designs are. you never see politicians touching anything around the rules of voting except in ways they believe will help their party. this is all taking place, almost all of it taking place in republican states with a ve...