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Chapel hill, north carolina where president obama campaigned today for hillary clinton. that research triangle region is critical. some students there stood in line for 24 hours to get into this event. james taylor was handing out water beforehand. the president will hit the trail hard for the clinton campaign in the next few days. by sunday he will have stopped in new hampshire, three stops in florida. add those to today's three stops in north carolina. his message? don't take the right to vote for granted. >> it was not that long ago that folks had to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar...

North carolina supreme court, was denied the right to register to vote because he had failed a so-called literacy test after he had graduated from college. it wasn't that long ago! the adult vote! you've done the work of those who would suppress their vote without them having to lift a finger. come on. i am not on the ballot, but i tell you what, fairness is on the ballot. decency is on the ballot. justice is on the ballot. progress is on the ballot. our democracy is on the ballot right now! >> president obama in north carolina. nicolle wallace is back here with us in the studio. we also want ...

Parents, i want you to talk about this. it was not that long ago that folks had to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar or bubbles on a bar of soap or recite the constitution in chinese in order to vote. it wasn't that long ago when folks were beaten trying to register voters in mississippi. it wasn't that long ago that a man named henry fry in greensboro was denied the right to register to vote because he had failed the so-called literacy test after he had graduated from college. it wasn't that long ago. grace bell hartison, imagine what she has seen in the arc of her life. born in a time...

Systematically denying folks a right to vote was normal as well. listen up. parents, i want you to talk about that. it was not that long ago that folks had to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar or bubbles on a bar of soap or recite the constitution in chinese in order to vote. it wasn't that long ago when folks were beaten trying to register voters in mississippi. it wasn't that long ago that a man named henry fry in greens borrow, the first chief justice of north carolina's supreme court was denied the right to register to vote because he failed a literacy test after he graduated from c...

How our government system works, then you aren't peeped to participate as a citizen. yeah, i would be a big fan of the idea that we need to do much, much better in making sure that basic knowledge is sent along to the next generation. >> sure. we should point out, this is not just an initiative on the part of kansas. there's an institute and what they're trying to do is make sure there is some sort of a literacy test regarding the u.s. and how it works if you're going to graduate from high school. we're going to put up on the screen the nine states currently requiring the passage of an exam. a...