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Appalachian state university student union. that precinct, obviously convenient for students who wanted to vote, that precinct was at a school where the students have had a pesky proclivity for voting and voting democratic. theyre shutting that one down. now, today its forsythe county in north carolina where the newly appointed republican majority elections board there says they also want to get rid of the voting sites at their local historically black college which is winston-salem state univer...

And early voting location at the appalachian state university student union. that precinct, obviously convenient for students who wanted to vote, that precinct was at a school where the students have had a pesky proclivity for voting and voting democratic. theyre shutting that one down. now, today its forsythe county in north carolina where the newly appointed republican majority elections board there says they also want to get rid of the voting sites at their local historically black college wh...

This is an important part of the story thats just now becoming clear. its not just that the republicans passed this law to make voting harder everywhere in the state, theyve almost systemically top-down taken over the voting process at the local level. theyre just pulling all the silverware drawers out and dumping everything out all over the floor. if you think its bad for appalachian state, may i introduce you to elizabeth city state university? elizabeth city state university is a small histor...

Good luck trying to vote in boone, north carolina. good luck appalachian state students. serves you right for who you tend to vote for and the fact you tend to vote. this is an important part of the story thats just now becoming clear. its not just that the republicans passed this law to make voting harder everywhere in the state, theyve almost systemically top-down taken over the voting process at the local level. theyre just pulling all the silverware drawers out and dumping everything out all...

Redistricting decisions were designed to increase the republican partys electoral prospects at the expense of the democrats. so i guess that makes it all okay? >> right. i guess -- the other logic is if democrats were in power they would do the same thing. you have a very activist justice department, a very activist attorney general in eric holder, in going after these states, even after the supreme court decision in trying to monitor what theyre doing under section 3 of the voting rights act. t...

Voting process for all americans. we do have a messed up system in many ways thats keeping people waiting in lines one to seven hours. and chief among them is really upgrading our voter registration system. >> its not just as you well-known at the brennan center you track this information, its not just the states. look at my home state, chriss home state of pennsylvania and whats taking place in the commonwealth of pennsylvania wouldnt have been effected by the votiing rights act which is why i ...

Was to stick with morsi and in three more years he would so have entrenched himself you would have had the equivalent of one man, one vote, one time and impossible to have a rotation of power. the way weve gone, where essentially 15 million egyptians came out in the street, done is undermined the voting process, and now were taking a major risk. and the idea is that you can restart politics despite having done this. it might be theres no good or smooth -- to smooth outcome here and thats the rea...

Key element of the voting law that happened in that decision. 33% supporting the high courts decision there. what impact is this ruling going to have on the 2014 mid terms and for that matter 2016 as well? pete? well, i think youve already seen a number of states say that theyre going to put forward voter i.d. provisions in the law again in indiana. we already have that to ensure the integrity of our voting process. the privilege to vote is precious and we want to ensure the integrity in the pro...

African-americans, latinos, people of color are going to be more vulnerable to the m matinations trying to fence them out of the voting process, whether were talking about moving polling stations, voting i.d. laws, all the things we saw happen in florida a few years back. i think theyre not going -- we know that if section 5 is struck down, theyre not going to have the kind of protections weve had since 1965. one other thing very important is that were not talking about a formula that wasnt revi...

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