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No souvenirs, all right? your state i.d. of the souvenir, your cdc number, how about that? are you going to be all right out there? when am i going to see you again? >> never. >> never? we've never had this conversation before? [ laughter ] right? >> yeah. >> yeah. i know all these guys, i know they'll be back. lift your shirt up. they'll all come back here. a lot of them will. see you in a month. >> i need your full name, first and last name. >> jason charles. >> number? >> d-5728. >> the firefighter guy? you know, i seen him around, yeah. he's 50/50, you know. he's got low-level experience. ...

Republicans may want someone to go after if they end up losing the big enchilada. critics of the voter i.d. law will take the stand today to convince the judge that the provision is unworkable. they'll hear from witnesses who say the state hasn't adequately prepared the public for what's coming. pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. you had one court send it back to another court in pennsylvania. making this argument, look, to the state, you better prove you can make this law work. we're not saying it's unconstitution a. unconstitutional. we don't know if it will work. >> the law ori...

Polls in the 2008 election. they were offered provisional ballots. of them, only 15% ultimately managed to cast their ballot. in another instance in philadelphia there was a local church that was trying to help people get their voter identification so that they could ultimately go to vote. 150 came into the doors. only 75 of them ultimately succeeded in getting their voter i.d. state after state shows that trying to actually get your i.d. and suck constituently trying to cast a ballot really does put a burdenen in the way of people casting their ballots. for example, in texas, which currently ...

For fear of alienating hispanice reignited immigration as an election issue. in 2004 arizona voters approved a proposition that denied public benefits to illegal immigrants. because the president's action did not pass congress, did not come from an executive order and does not give illegals a chance at becoming citizens, applicants are not eligible for benefits. >> they will not be entitled to a driver's license, nor will they be entitled to any public benefits in response to the public overwhelmingly voting that no public benefits would be extended to illegal aliens in the state of arizona. >...

Let's switch to today's voting processes. under these photo id lays, you now have to get a birthday certificate, usually a certified one with a raised seal. that's $10 to $25. you have to get to the motor vehicle office and get your official state id, the driver's license or state id in which case you're paying another $20 to $35. you're paying a price, a dollar figure, to be able to participate in the electoral process. it's indeed a poll tax. >> e.j. dionne, the pennsylvania voter rights case could become a national test case. the plaintiff is a great grandmother whose purse was stolen. she'...