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Pretty clear evidence that a blind man can see what the, what the objectives were here. and we are hopeful that the judge will be able to see that as well. now we are unable to show with any precision exactly how many people are going to be impacted in november of 2014 or in subsequent years. but i think that when you look at the patterns and practices within the african american community and how african americans and latinos have responded to these, these advances, these progressive enactments in the law, it is clear that there was an intent to curtail the ability of these individuals to vot...

Liberal journal is as what he called unclean, vile-tongued, rock throwing, campus storming, street rioting hoodlums and misfits. >> supporting the lowered voting age was powerful then. president nixon signed the 26th amendment into law making 18 the age to vote. it reads further the right of citizens of the united states who are 18 or older to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of age. repeat that word out of the constitution -- or abridged. that right is at risk now in north carolina. we have done a lot of stories about voters in north carolin...

Universities, unc chapel hill, will not be accepted as a valid form of i.d. the new law got rid of a program in which 16 and 17-year-olds filled out registration forms early and automatically registered when they turned 18. there's something new in the case made against that law. an argument that according to "the new york times" hasn't been made before. it's being made by a group of college students who joined the lawsuit against the state of north carolina. making the claim that the new voting law violates the 26th amendment. an amendment which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 and declar...

That the law adversely affects minorities and the poor will be ones representing seven college students who argue the law violates the 26th amendment of the u.s. consti tution. that amendment declares that right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or any state on account of age. the hearing, which could have major implications for the fate of voter suppression efforts across the country, is expected to last up to four or five days. joining me now is the host of msnbc's "politics nation" and president of the national action network the reverend al sharpton. it is always...

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