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Re-enroll likely democratic voters. wisconsin democratic chairman ben wikler tells nbc news, quote, this is an organizing challenge, not a crisis. the purging of voters, quote, just adds to our to do list. it's a reason to work, not to freak out. joining us now is ben wikler, chair of the wisconsin democratic party. ben, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me ali. >> let me ask you about that quote. you call this an organizing challenge as opposed to a crisis. that's a different way than a number of democrats with whom we've spoken characterize this. do you think this ...

Particularly to voters of colors in that first in the south primary state. >> with regards to voter suppression, we spent time on the broadcast yesterday digging into this a bit. you had wisconsin purging, more than 200,000 registered voters. georgia purging voters as well, more than 300,000 in georgia before a chunk of them were actually restored. how closely are you watching this? >> we're watching this incredibly closely. when i talk to voters of color and particularly african-american voters in some of these states where republicans control legislatures, they tell me there's very concerned...

Democracy because they convince americans that the right to vote is some political football. there are certain places in the country where access to the ballot is going to be harder than others. i hope they demand their politicians ensure a free, fair and accessible ballot. >> what stood out to you about those purges? >> georgia has had a recent history of purging on a very, very large scale. in 2016 georgia was the epicenter for the battle on the right to vote because georgia placed in front of the ballot box a number of different kinds of barriers. on election day we got lots and

Part of you that wished you were on stage because you had experience with this issue? >> thank you, reverend al, first of all, for having me and for the question. i was proud of senator klobuchar for raising this issue. you know, it's beginning to appear that republicans don't think they can win anything without cheating. you look at the vote suppression, you look at the purging purging, you look at the effort to undo the voting rights act and their success at that in the supreme court. you look at the way they are awash in dark money and how they've used -- how they've used that. and now we h...

As one court said, discriminated with surgical penetratio with surgical precision. stop the purging. i would pass as president my bill to register every kid in this country when they turn 18 to vote. that would make all these discriminatory actions go away and i would stop the gerrymandering. >> senator amy klobuchar at this week's democratic debate discussing the protection of voting rights for all americans. i was there in the audience on thursday, a night that featured just one candidate of color on stage but no black or brown candidates at all. though it's worth pointing out that the three...