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Plantation, we determined we're not going back. >> that statement there from joe beasley, a civil rights leader here in atlanta, saying we will not go back. but with georgia's secretary of state being sued for policies that restrict the vote, how big of an impact could voter suppression have here and in other states? >> well, voter registration laws in the u.s. are -- have always been very problematic and in this midterm there are eight states with new voter registration laws, which creates all kinds of confusion. and just to look at the case of georgia, they have this exact match protocol, wh...

2017 after the settlement and reintroduced the exact match protocol into the law. they extended the time period for fixing this phantom problem to 26 months, but they didn't fix the first order which is an exact match policy that catches voters because of misplaced hivens or letters or transposed dimits. it doesn't make sense to begin with. >> the people can vote and you need proof of residency. is that what it is to cast your ballot? >> here's what you need to do. as long as they show up at the polls and show their georgia voter photo id and show up in person to do that, they will be allowed ...

As the midterm elections rapidly approach, there's been a rash of voter identification conflicts in states across the country. in north dakota, a new supreme court decision requiring residents to provide a street address in order to vote has been criticized for discriminating against native americans. some tribes argue that street addresses aren't always assigned on native american reservations. in missouri, a county judge stripped a voter law of several provisions including the statute forcing people to show photo i.d. in order to cast ballots. in arkansas they upheld a message requiring phot...

Message requiring photo i.d. at the polls. they are new suing brian kemp, georgia's secretary of state and also the republican candidate for governor for voter suppression. after an associated press investigation discovered that some 53,000 new applications have been placed on hold for not meeting his office's standards. the state's exact match protocol requires information on voter registrations to precisely match the information on file with other state databases. like the dmv. critics say the policy targets and discriminates against authorities. others say you can still vote. you just have ...