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Vote, not make it harder for folks to vote. [ applause ] >> that's why, you know, that's why the early voting is terrific. >> this network specifically talked about it. affects latino voters. john lewis reminded people that legal efforts to block the path of legitimate voters isn't new. >> not too long ago, people stood in unmovable lines. they had to pass a literacy test, pay tax, on occasion a man was asked to count. on another occasion one was asked to count the jelly beans in a jar just to keep them from

Nearly half of the 21 million latino citizens counted in 2010. katherine, help me make sense of those numbers. >> sure. nearly half of the latino electorate live in states that have voter suppression laws and restrictions on their rights to vote that have a discriminatory impact. in a number of states they have gotten access to federal immigration data. they are looking to check naturalized citizens. it would create two classes of citizenship. it is happening right now. this has an impact beyond just one person who is checked. it is resident of the poll taxes and literacy test for which the vo...

>> brothers and sisters, do you want to go back? or do you want to keep america moving forward? my dear friends, your vote is precious. almost sacred. it is the most powerful non-violent tool we have to create a more perfect union. not too long ago people stood in unmovable lines. they had to pass a so-called literacy test. pay a poll tax. one occasion one was asked to count the jelly beans in a jar all to keep them from casting their ballot. today it is unbelievable that

Or do you want to keep america ronald reagan would not have stood for that. moving forward? barack obama does not stand for that. you and i will not stand for my dear friends, your vote is precious. that. almost sacred. it is the most powerful i'll be honest with you. non-violent tool we have to i don't agree with president create a more perfect union. obama about everything, but i've gotten to know him. and i've worked with him. and the choice is crystal clear. not too long ago people stood in when he took office, the unmovable lines, they had to economic crisis had already put my state of fl...

But he did show the soul and the heart and the man, and i think you praised some of the speakers as well. >> i think he was better than he was the week before when he was telling birther jokes. i think he was better than that. he stopped telling birther jokes. he got better. but look, i think the republican party is confronting the democrat party are so many levels. first they try to deny people the right to vote. that's the first thing they do. you have to have a voter i.d., birth certificate, what else you going to pile on? a literacy test? they keep adding that stuff up. then they try to sc...