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That seems nefarious of them. what should people do? >> first, people should make sure that they are registered to vote. we've seen some voter suppression tactics that just pull people off the voter registration rolls with the letter that is not even sent by certified mail. we saw 2400 people pulled off that way. mostly latinos who had become citizens at some point, even though they were eligible voters and had been voting for a long period of time. make sure that you are registered to vote. have a plan to vote, and if you come up with any difficulties, there are resources across the state. th...

All of a sudden, without an outbreak of voter fraud here? as you've said, 75 cases referred to the police out of 18 million votes? that's an extraordinary record and one to be commended. and so, what we know here is that voter suppression is afoot that the republicans have introduced laws in 48 state legislatures and some 400 bills, to, in one way or another, suppress the vote of people of color, of poor people, of elderly people, and it wreaks of fascist retaliation against the fact that these people have turned out in record numbers to vote. why don't the republicans want more votes , not le...

>> in the coming days we will be filing a major federal lawsuit against the state of georgia for the gross mismanagement of this election and to protect future elections from unconstitutional action. >> is there going to be a point in our history where we can say, we've moved past those times? if it's 50 years later, are we not there yet? >> african-americans were denied humanity for the better part of 200 years and were denied agency for the long history of america except for the last 50 years. we cannot undo centuries of oppression and centuries of bad action with good intention and good wil...

>> while voting rights activists fight back against suppression tactics, it turns out there are all sorts of legal ways for lawmakers to pick and choose the voters they want to show up at the polls. to get that story, we need to go back to north carolina. >> we are walking up on the line, the gerrymandered district. >> in a second, we'll be in another district. >> actually, you're already in another district. >> oh. ♪ each careful step ♪ along the byway ♪ much more ♪ much more than this ♪ i did it my way (announcer) verizon is america's most awarded network and the only one with the ...

In our history where we can say, we've moved past those times? if it's 50 years later, are we not there yet? >> african-americans were denied humanity for the better part of 200 years and were denied agency for the long history of america except for the last 50 years. we cannot undo centuries of oppression and centuries of bad action with good intention and good will without actually putting in place laws to force our better angels. >> abrams' lawsuit is still ongoing. while the georgia board of elections is fighting the allegations. >> while voting rights activists fight back against suppress...