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Than its ever been. >> and votes for obama. >> now everybody is trying to cut back on voting. >> obama wins, so whats the republicans solution? change the rules. >> right, if you cant convince -- unfortunately people, you know, in elected office who have decided theyre not going to try to get more people to vote for them, theyre going to try to change the electorate and prevent people from voting. unfortunately a lot of the restrictions were seeing are targeted precisely at the kinds of demograp...

Rolls around and the electorate gets younger and more diverse than its ever been. >> and votes for obama. >> now everybody is trying to cut back on voting. >> obama wins, so whats the republicans solution? change the rules. >> right, if you cant convince -- unfortunately people, you know, in elected office who have decided theyre not going to try to get more people to vote for them, theyre going to try to change the electorate and prevent people from voting. unfortunately a lot of the restrictio...

And in the last election cycle alone, they passed early voting cutbacks in florida, and redistricting maps in texas, all under section five. federal courts agreed in most cases. but today, shelby county alabama legal experts, paid for, by a conservative activist, said they were wrong to react, because basically, racism is now a thing of the past in the south. >> i was 24 years old when we came under section five. im 73 last weekend. and we are still under the same formula, none of which has appl...

The justice department filed nearly a thousand objections to voting laws. and in the last election cycle alone, they passed early voting cutbacks in florida, and redistricting maps in texas, all under section five. federal courts agreed in most cases. but today, shelby county alabama legal experts, paid for, by a conservative activist, said they were wrong to react, because basically, racism is now a thing of the past in the south. >> i was 24 years old when we came under section five. im 73 las...