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Republican legislatures this year will have the expected effect of suppressing the vote among the poorest americans this year. the poorest americans, im sure you will be shocked to learn, voted overwhelmingly for barack obama over john mccain in 2008. this has led to a backlash. my colleague at msnbc, reverend al sharpton, has been leading a march through the state of alabama in order to draw attention to the issue. >> get out, stand up. >> get out, stand up, stand up for your rights. >> stand u...

Year. the poorest americans, im sure you will be shocked to learn, voted overwhelmingly for barack obama over john mccain in 2008. this has led to a backlash. my colleague at msnbc, reverend al sharpton, has been leading a march through the state of alabama in order to draw attention to the issue. >> get out, stand up. >> get out, stand up, stand up for your rights. >> stand up for your rights. get up, stand up. >> dont give up the fight. >> that march, which is happen october anniversary of ala...

We assembled all of these voting changes in a report called democracy diminished to demonstrate that we need to pay attention in this election. but in the last several months, as there has been this discussion about the election being rigged, and about sending people out to do poll watching, our fears have absolutely and exponentially increased. we take very seriously the issue of voter intimidation, which is absolutely against the law. when you hear mr. trump saying, people should come out and ...

Because the supreme court last summer gutted the voting rights act. the court struck down the part of the voting rights act which says that certain states and counties that have a history of racially discriminated voting restrictions, they need to get any changes to their voting procedures prechecked by the justice department to make sure those changes arent discriminatory. big parts of north carolina were covered by the preclearance sections of the voting rights act, but when the supreme court ...

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