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What texas did. after the voting rights was gutting by the conservative majority on the supreme court, texas put in place a new voting restriction in that state and the legislature knew that new law would disproportionately keep black and hispanic texan from voting. black and hispanic texans that were legally able to vote but wouldnt be able to because of the new restrictions the legislature was putting in place and the legislature knew that when they were putting the new law in place and a fede...

Motivated." the bill was racially motivated. full stop. its not usually that blunt. but it sort of had to be given what texas did. after the voting rights was gutting by the conservative majority on the supreme court, texas put in place a new voting restriction in that state and the legislature knew that new law would disproportionately keep black and hispanic texan from voting. black and hispanic texans that were legally able to vote but wouldnt be able to because of the new restrictions the le...

So these things arent usually this blunt. theyre usually very dry and the language is usually very elliptical. they dont usually sound like this. "the evidence in the record demonstrates that proponents of the bill were motivated at the very least in part because of and not in spite of the laws detrimental affects on the african-american and hispanic electorate. the record as a whole including the legislators knowledge the bill would clearly impact minorities disproportionately and likely disenf...

Encourage voters. so early voting is important here, and that voter i.d. requirement requires people now. here in ohio, there are a number of things people can use. myohiovote.com is a resource for people near ohio. and if they arent with us here in cleveland, arent with us in ohio, follow us @naturbanleague on twitter to be part of the bus tour. >> can you tell us about the voting restriction since the last election and how that could change the race? >> so those voter i.d. and voter restrictio...

Introduced some type of voting restriction. we must continue to fight to protect the basic american rights that so many before us fought so hard to gain. really... so our business can be on at&ts network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. theres unlimited talk and text. were working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let...

Remember souls to the polls, that campaign, the literal drive to take voters to the polls. thats effectively over. say you want to vote on a weeknight after work. early voting begins at 5:00 p.m. more than a dozen states have approved voting restriction, and all but two are led by republicans. in arkansas, the gop legislature overwrote a veto by its democratic governor and rhode islands governor at the time was an independent, but in ohio, this is a pattern. last week governor john kasich signed...

Todays voters for a photo i.d. between november when they changed the law and today the mississippi legislature has not passed the rules that would allow this new i.d. requirement to take effect. state lawmakers have not implemented the new voting restriction in times to effect todays voting. they seem to be in no hurry to get the voting restrictions passed in time for todays republican presidential primary. we do not have the final numbers yet, but early exit polling today from nbc showed that ...