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President obama leading mitt romney 69% to 24%. but that voting power has been under attack with the flood of new republican-led state level voting restriction. the study finds voter purges being enacted in 23 states could affect voter registration and participation by latino citizens. in fact, in many states the number exceeds the margin of victory, exceeds the margin of victory in the last election 2008. that number could grow. it could grow if these laws arent blocked. colorado and florida, t...

These "60 minutes" interviews that the two candidates did last night. we are certainly going to hear more about this in campaign ads in the battleground states. >> erin mcpike, alexander burns, good to see both of you, thanks. new this morning, a study on hispanic voters that could significantly affect the outcome of the november election. the study conducted by the advanced project says at least 10 million hispanic u.s. citizens in 23 states could be discouraged from voting because of these n...

Know, another hearing on this. we dont know whats going to happen. we want people to be prepared. but were concerned because we know that the state is not ready to get i.d.s in the hands of all of those registered voters. thats why we were in the court in the first place. >> all right. judith, i want to ask you to stand by because i want to shift to another news worthy topic talking about voter purging because there is a legal battle against that under way in iowa where the secretary of state th...

In south carolina, nikki haleys home state, 20% more likely to be black. and just over 1/3 of registers voters do not have a drivers license. anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year...

About restricting voting. thats what you saw there. according to reuters, voters in south carolina, liking the proper i.d. are 20% more likely to be black and just over o one-third of voters do not have a drivers license. reverent jesse jackson joins us. you were calling me up last week, you were so angry and concerned as a leader, civil rights leader, about this new empl ploy. >> you got the right to vote because of the voting rights act. to vote in 65 blacks to vote and then 18 years to vote i...

>> according to reuters, voters in south carolina, nikki haleys home state, 20% more likely to be black. and just over 1/3 of registers voters do not have a drivers license. anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting...

Latino population, which is the other factor in florida and those have sort of disproportionately and the purging of those lists, gone after people with al latino sounding last name. >> florida has had voter i.d. a little longer, so its been in place. i dont think thats going to be a factor in this state. the things that were going to matter, shorting the early vote period. but the purge list really was targeted at the latino population. what the florida governor and republican base ledge islato...

Nation." live tonight from miami. we have been reporting on the republican effort to block the vote. an effort thats in full force here in this crucial swing state. and in the last two years, 19 states passed voter suppression laws. but florida may be the most crucial. republican governor rick scotts requiring photo i.d.s and purging voter roles. last year he signed a controversial elections bill. it cut early voting from 14 days to eight. forced voters who have moved from county to county to ca...

Released from these calls and from these interviews. also in florida, a green light from the government on the right to vote challenge there in that state. the feds giving florida access to a homeland security database to check whether residents and nonresidents have the right to vote based on citizenship status. but it is actually a benefit for republicans or voter rights groups. and joining me now is politics nations host, the reverend al sharpton. great to see you. thanks for being here. i ...

Pursuing this program. and the state in its response today said it can -- it was not going to pursue the purge. which is sort of curious because in some sense the federal judge is saying a purge can continue, but the state of florida saying were not going to do it. and in terms of practical matter, the supervisor of elections arent going to pursue this because the election is too close at this point. absentee ballots have to be in the mail within a week. the election is here for all practical pu...