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Pre1965. in many ways you've gone back to a jim crow republic where the states can enact all of these efforts to deny and dilute the rights of african-americans and other voters of color and the department of justice is now in a position of trying to seek them out and seek out the injustices. it's costly, time-consuming, and relies on witnesses to bring information forward. that's why it's so important that these federal bills be enacted, this that we see h.r. 1 pass, we see hr 4 passed. because although the john lewis voting rights advancement act would look back and look at the states' histo...

Objected to more than 1,000 discriminatory voting changes between 1965 and 2006. but in recent years, the protections of federal voting rights law have been drastically weakened. in 2013, the shelby county decision effectively eliminated the pre-clearance protections of the voting rights act which had been the department's most effective tool to protect voting rights over the past half century. since that opinion, there has been a dramatic rise in legislative efforts that will make it harder for millions of citizens to cast a vote that counts. so far this year, at least 14 states have passed n...

0 it's great to see you. i'm geoff bennett, and as we come on the air, there is a lot happening on this summer friday. this hour we will see president biden and the first lady at the g7 summit in the u.k. they're about to have a gathering of world leaders and they'll be joined by british royals. we'll have it for you live if it happens. back here at home, there is bombshell news on the trump doj, saying they seized the records of high democratic lawmakers and their families members all hunting down leaks about trump and his contacts with russia. >> obviously deeply suspicious of what the justi...

On the question of protecting american democracy, there is perhaps another option. just going to throw it out there. in his recent op-ed, he says he supports, he doesn't support the for the people act, but he does support the john lewis voting rights act, which would restore the federal preclearance requirements that john roberts and the conservatives on the supreme court just ripped to shreds for no reason. manchin writes, quote, the john lewis voting rights advancement act would update the formula states and localities to not restrict the rights of any particular group or population. as we r...

According to your algorithm, you found thousands of voters in georgia was affected by this and prevented from casting ballots last year. how did that happen? >> that's right. thanks for having me on. what we looked into was the effect of distance to the polls. basically how far do you have to drive from your house to the poll to cast a vote. that affected people's likelihood to vote. 214 voting places closed down after a decision in 2013 made it possible for states that previously had to get preclearance, basically ask the department of justice for help in making changes. that was struck down....