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States of among the country, the problem is getting worse joining us now is -- from texas. he is that voting rights attorney. great to see you again. when you see what is happening in your state, what is your response to joe manchin's comment? >> i respect senator manchin. i've spoken to him before about what is happening in texas. he is wrong about what the government is going to do in these voting laws. 40% of our voting applications are being rejected. also is about -- in harris county it's also 35%. in -- voting applications are being denied these are folks who are already needing to vote,...

Towns. jim clark had the reputation of being one of the strongest and meanest sheriffs in the south. selma did everything to prevent people from voting. they closed the registration office when black people showed up. when they kept it open, they gave them the voting applications and then said there was something wrong and they would tear it up and throw it in the trash can. >> literacy tests and poll taxes and the very creative work of segregationists in the deep south to prevent people of color from voting. >> these people are just so vicious. they intimidated every voter here, you would get...

Selma had the representation of being one of the toughest towns. jim clark had the reputation of being one of the strongest and meanest sheriffs in the south. selma did everything to prevent people from voting. they closed the registration office when black people showed up. when they kept it open, they gave them the voting applications and then said there was something wrong and they would tear it up and throw it in the trash can. >> literacy tests and poll taxes and the very creative work of segregationists in the deep south to prevent people of color from voting. >> these people are just so...

County election office. her job was to handle voting applications and process votes. this past year her mother, ruby freeman signed up for a temp job to help count ballots in november election. they needed a lot of extra workers. even though the georgia election was audited three times, found to have no fraud, that did not stop the conspiracy theories directed at those two. in december of last year, this mother/daughter pair became the subject of a slew of false stories published in the pro-trump conspiracy website gateway pundit. those stories made their way to donald trump's lawyer who ident...

Election cycle. specifically harris county where houston is which has voted heavily democratic. but some of the things that this bill includes is it restricts early voting hours from 6:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. it blocks counties from sending unsolicited mail-in voting applications to voters. it increases protections for partisan poll watchers at ele election sites and sets new limits on how people can assist voters in the voting booth. this applies to elderly, perhaps disabled voters. a lot of questions swirling around exactly how this is going to look. many critics of the bill say this is one of th...