father s struggle, my father s walk is relevant in this very hour and every nation in every state of our nation, in every precinct, in every voting place. what my father experienced 72 years ago, we sought to overcome in the civil rights movement with the voting rights act. but all over the country now, we are facing voter suppression. we must overcome that here and now. 72 years ago when your father took that walk, reverend, i understand you were 11 years of age. and i m wondering, when he came home, did you know something had happened? did you understand the significance of his walking and walking to no avail, and what lesson did you take from that? we understood it then and we
it isn t even going to be 2016, it is an electorate we have never seen before. all kinds of outcomes are very possible. and as you mention, how is that enthusiasm playing out in some early voting, we end up having tea leaves in early important states like florida, nevada, and arly vote in right now according places like arizona and florida seems to be benefitting republicans. more republicans are turning in ballots, more democrats turning in ballots so far in nevada. but not only are these tea leaves, they re incomplete. one of the reasons why, a lot of early voting, ones that traditionally benefit republicans are vote by mail. and republicans normally have a big advantage there. democrats have the big advantage in the in person voting where you go in to the voting place and cast ballots, and that s on-going. a place like florida hasn t started the statewide early voting yet, so we need to check
mad and realize people don t want you to vote. and what s the best way to fight back? by figuring out how to get to the voting place. reporting that in a single day more than half a million people, 8% of georgia s registered voters were cut from the voter rolls for an estimated 107,000 of those people their removal from the voter rolls was triggered not because they moved or died or went to prison but rather because they decided not to vote in prior elections. and ezra, that is your right to decide not to vote. and purging those rolls has never been it s never happened before that if you miss an election you will surrender your right to vote. no, it s happening because the republicans in georgia think they might lose, and so they re not playing fair. look, there are great organizations working in georgia and elsewhere to ensure these
georgia, ohio, and kansas, all involved in these controversies, and many of them running for office themselves, you know, it does get rigged. and i think the way that what ezra said is right. people can t let that put them off, but people need to get back. and what s the best way to fight back? by figuring out how to get to the voting place. reporting that in a single day more than half a million people, 8% of georgia s registered voters were cut from the voter rolls for an estimated 107,000 of those people their removal from the voter rolls was triggered not because they moved or died or went to prison but rather because they decided not to vote in prior elections. and ezra, that is your right to decide not to vote. and purging those rolls has never been it s never happened before that if you miss an election you will surrender your right to vote.
and many of them running for office themselves, you know, it does get rigged. and i think the way that what ezra said is right. people can t let that put them off, but people need to get back. and what s the best way to fight back? by figuring out how to get to the voting place. reporting that in a single day more than half a million people, 8% of georgia s registered voters were cut from the voter rolls for an estimated 107,000 of those people their removal from the voter rolls was triggered not because they moved or died or went to prison but rather because they decided not to vote in prior elections. and ezra, that is your right to decide not to vote. and purging those rolls has never been it s never happened before that if you miss an election you will surrender your right to vote. no, it s happening because the republicans in georgia think they might lose, and so they re not playing fair. look, there are great