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And this is something that because it is an impediment to voting, wouldn't have been allowed but for that recent supreme court decision that invalidated part of the voting rights act. >> specifically waller county used to have to prove to the justice department if they are making any change in their policies and practices around voting, it wasn't intend today or have the effect of racial discrimination. now since the conservative majority on the supreme court killed the voting rights act, gutted that part of it, they no longer have to make that proof. i'll ask you one last question before you ...

Are they registered? are they properly registered? you saw the bit in that news footage about the two addresses they were told to use on the voter registration forms. that was at the direction of the county. what county told students at prairie view was if they want to register to vote, they should register to vote using two school addresses that the county gave them. the county told them to use those addresses on their registration forms. now the county says, actually, no, maybe one of those addresses is wrong. hope you didn't register using that one. the deadline to register to vote for next...

To deliver this letter. it's a letter that is basically trying to protect the vote of the students at prairie view. it is a letter from local democrats, including the field director's candidate, mr. siegl, and it demands that since these students registered to vote using the address the county gave them and told them to put on their forms, the county shouldn't now block these kids from voting or try to send them somewhere else, or field them out to some other precinct they don't know where it is or make them fill out additional documentation like they've done something wrong. what these kids d...

>> but the experience was harrowing and it made me reflect on what people in that county deal with on a day to day, year-to-year basis. >> mr. siegl, i understand from reporting both in the houston chronicle and from josh martin's talking points memo, you were on the phone with jacob while he was being detained and basically up until the point he was arrested, essentially conferring with him and trying to advise him through this process. what was that like for you? >> at first i thought it was a joke, you know, that they were just going to ask him a couple questions and let him go. but as it c...