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Position of their father. this is -- we have a lot of ethics changes to do. when i became mayor of the city of new york we enerred it laws, some i couldn't get past the council but imposed them on myself. we need a new day where ethics are ideals and public trust enforced. this president is a great example of someone who is violating t violating the emoluments clause, a demonstration of why we need to tighten ethics laws in this country. >> senator cory booker, thanks so much. we appreciate you being in studio. >> thanks and thanks to all the people that went to corybooker.com and helped me ou...

We're there before the primaries happen long before the general. >> you know, the principle here strikes me as sort of sacrosanct, right? everybody who is a citizen and eligible to vote should be able to vote. >> yes. >> but i wonder, what is your read of what the datas say about the effects of these sort of -- of these sorts of moves that have been made, removing polling locations, increasing, you know, the threshold for what you get to i.d. in terms of what it actually means in turnout and discouraging voters. >> voter suppression works. when you make it difficult to leverage a basic right, ...

Stay on the rolls with use it or lose it laws. absentee ballots not showing up or what happened in arizona where they're restricting vote by mail access. provisional ballots being handed out instead of regular ballots because low-income communities can rarely come back a second or third day to prove that they have the right to vote the first time. >> you just mentioned the fact that the u.s. actually has a weird system compared to other places with voter registration. >> yes. >> almost all of us take it for granted. it's a two-step process. you become an eligible voter. then you have to go and...

Big fan of brexit? is there an alternative to the deal you call so terrible? >> it is remarkable that we finished with conservative prime minister to who voted to remain. she's trying to keep everybody happy and you can't do that. a fork in the road in life, you have to take it and make the best of it. she hasn't done it. it is what i call remain as brexit. on the path we will leave the treaty in march of next year so technically left the european union but in reality we will because -- stuck with it laws, paying for many of its bills and in return for this she has a political declaration for ...

Implemented differently compared to all other counties. >> reporter: after weeks and numerous attempts to correct her registration status, marsha was cleared. >> what would you advise other people to do? >> stay diligent. stay active. check your voter registration status. >> reporter: a lesson in democracy this college professor never thought she would have to teach. >> thank you very much. the issue of voting rights goes way beyond those in georgia. this report filed claims the state purged 107,000 people largely for not voting in prior elections. joining me now one of the investigative repor...