Signing voting rights expansion, Hochul, advocates contrast New York with nation
Governor Kathy Hochul signed a voting rights package Monday, saying New York stands against efforts to undermine national elections.
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Governor Kathy Hochul signed a voting rights package Monday, saying New York stands against efforts to undermine national elections.
2012 battleground states, the strictest laws passed just this year. they have the potential to impact up to 5 million voters in next year's presidential election. advocates say these laws are infective way to prevent voter fraud. >> you can see mara's full report at the grio.com. be sure to watch our special series "block the vote" an investigation of new voting laws around america. the series wraps up tonight on "politics nation" with the reverend al sharpton, 6:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc. three things that you never want to do on the job unless you want to get fired, of course. drink on...
Been for what dr. king did here 40 years ago. that's why you saw all these pamphlets being passed out about how dr. king did what he did. when you attack the ability of working people and people of color in this country to actually cast their franchise without having to pay a fee, without having a take a test, you actually send a signal to the rest of the world, and it's the wrong signal that our country is sending right now that so many states are sending right now. and that's why we're asking folks to join us on saturday, 61st and madison just before noon. >> here in new york city. ben jealo...
>> i've got to go. i think you're right, and i hope people will do that and join us all over the country. deidra macnab, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. tomorrow night we finish our "block the vote" series with john lewis. as i mentioned, he nearly died marches for voter right in 1965. straight ahead the middle-class fighter is surging. she's in command and karl rove is attacking. talk radio superstash on why the warren message is resonating. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?
We're not going to wait for fraud. governments all the time accused of waiting until there's a big problem. we don't need that. we need a clear, precise election process that's well protected that we can verify that the information's correct. >> catch more on the special series "block the vote" today on "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton at 6:00 eastern. accused penn state pedophile jerry sandusky is charged with preying on two more young boys. state police arrested the former football coach at his home yesterday charging him with that abuse bringing the total to ten alleged victims...