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Add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance... ...and we'll replace destroyed or stolen items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ the supreme court ruling last year that the coverage formula was unconstitutional was followed by a range of reactions from voting rights advocates and elected officials. including this one. the supreme court's decision flies in the face of the clear evidence we continue to see of efforts to suppress the vote in minority communities across the country. it is devastating that they could strike do...

>> thank wow. thank you for having me. >> how do you explain what's happening in your state? north carolina is a southern state with a pretty progressive history especially on these issues. what's happening? >> first of all, rachel, let me thank you very much for coming to the region to report on this very sad story. everything that you have said over the last 30 or 40 minutes is absolutely correct. it's an embarrassment for our state. we're not that kind of state. down through the years we've. a progressive state. the republicans have been locked out of government in north carolina for many y...

Coverage formula. now with those three obstacles out of the way, the republicans are now going full throttle, they're doing everything within their power to seize control of this state. they recognize, as you reported, only way they're going to be able to maintain power in this state, is to diminish and to dilute african-american votes in north carolina. the african-american vote has been the margin of victory for the democratic pear, and this is all about suppressing the black vote. we see right through it. we know exactly what's happening. that's why i called on attorney general eric holder ...

Opportunity to seize power. there were three things standing in their way up until recently. first of all, they didn't control the legislature, didn't have governor's mansion. they had section 5 of the voting rights act standing in their way. president obama had an unexpected victory in north carolina in 2008. we were so proud of that. after president obama's victory, they were determined to seize p power. 2010 they won the state legislature. 2012, governor mccrory was elected. june 25th, the u.s. supreme court declared section 5 could not be enforced because of the coverage formula. now with ...

Effect a redistricting plan that had been found to be illegal by a federal district court and that they were going to move immediately to implement this voter i.d. plan which keeps students from using their student i.d.s while allowing concealed gun permits to be used as appropriate i.d. in order to vote. we were pleased by that. the second thing is the work we must do to build this bipartisan effort for a new section 4 or a new coverage formula for the voting rights act. we have to operate on two tracks. we've got to protect voting and democracy. too many states even after the 2012 election h...