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Machines counties are required to have. it now heads to the desk of republican governor john kasich, who is expected to sign it. grab that, folks. kasich is going to sign a bill that is going to limit the number of voting machines. lets look at how things have changed in the state of north carolina. in august, republican governor, pat mckrury signed whats been called the nations most restrictive voting measures, including significant cuts in early voting. the state also wants to end same-day reg...

Governor pat mccrory signed the restrictive voting measures into law and important to recall he defended it against left wing extremism. >> let me be direct. many of those from the extreme left who have been criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. theyre more interested in divisive politics than ensuring that no ones vote is disenfranchised by fraudulent ballot. >> this morning at a ceo forum in raleigh just seconds after governor mccrory left the stage, a well-known left wing extremist,...

North carolina. which has passed the most restrictive voter laws since the recent supreme court decision. governor pat mccrory signed the restrictive voting measures into law and important to recall he defended it against left wing extremism. >> let me be direct. many of those from the extreme left who have been criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. theyre more interested in divisive politics than ensuring that no ones vote is disenfranchised by fraudulent ballot. >> this morning at a ...

Theyre ending same-day registration. turning loose these vigilantes to go into these polling places. this is our governor deciding to join the interposition and nullifiers like in the 1960s, george wallace, strom thurmond. hes on the wrong side of history. this is extreme, and its a fundamental crime against democracy and attack on our voting rights. >> rick, you are -- reverend barber is an activist, obviously. hes been working on this issue in north carolina. youre an academic. you study elect...

Act. theres section two, a provision that allows for private litigants and for the department of justice to pursue discriminatory changes to methods of elections, and the hopes of other discriminatory voting measures as a provision that allows for jurisdictions that have intensely discriminated to be bailed in to coverage, where they have to submit their voting changes for approval. but i like the point that congressman lewis made about how the supreme courts devastating, and really, disgraceful...

There is going to be very difficult. tim carney from the "washington examiner" who does battle against that donor class every day in those pages. thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. joining me now, state representative larry hall, a democrat for the latest on what this republican governance looks like on the ground in north carolina. representative, my first question for you is, were you surprised by the alacrity with which the republicans in north carolina moved to push these voting measu...

Question for you is, were you surprised by the alacrity with which the republicans in north carolina moved to push these voting measures or announced they would be moving them in the wake of the voting rights decision? >> well, no, and good evening, chris. certainly theyve been trying to do this for the last two sessions, so because we had a democratic governor last session, we were able to sustain her veto of these efforts, but theyre back and theyre ready to go to do what theyve always wanted ...

Democrats. the structural obstacles as well. look at these lines in florida where some people today wait six hours to cast their vote. this problem disproportionately impacts people of color. nationwide african-americans had to wait 60% longer than whites. legislators doubled down on restrictive voting measures. more than 30 states just sense january. at the same time, what happened in 2012 kicked off a new round of action it make elections freer and fairer and from congress to grass roots and e...

Detail, and the last reauthorization period more than one thousand proposed discriminatory changes were blocked by section 5 of the voting rights act. the reality is that the theme of the voting rights act is yes there has been tremendous progress in our country since 1965, since brave americans 100 yards from here put themselves in harms way to get the full access to the ballot box. but there is also another truth about section 5, and that is there is nothing inconsistent about recognizing trem...

Act, as you mentioned in your introduction, they did their homework. they held 21 hearings over ten months, hearing from 90 witnesses both for and against reauthorizing the voting rights act, and created the 15,000 page record which outlined in great detail, and the last reauthorization period more than one thousand proposed discriminatory changes were blocked by section 5 of the voting rights act. the reality is that the theme of the voting rights act is yes there has been tremendous progress i...