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Than it's ever been. >> and votes for obama. >> now everybody is trying to cut back on voting. >> obama wins, so what's the republicans' solution? change the rules. >> right, if you can't convince -- unfortunately people, you know, in elected office who have decided they're not going to try to get more people to vote for them, they're going to try to change the electorate and prevent people from voting. unfortunately a lot of the restrictions we're seeing are targeted precisely at the kinds of demographics the aclu are concerned about. people of color, young voters, voting cutbacks in ohio and...

Rolls around and the electorate gets younger and more diverse than it's ever been. >> and votes for obama. >> now everybody is trying to cut back on voting. >> obama wins, so what's the republicans' solution? change the rules. >> right, if you can't convince -- unfortunately people, you know, in elected office who have decided they're not going to try to get more people to vote for them, they're going to try to change the electorate and prevent people from voting. unfortunately a lot of the restrictions we're seeing are targeted precisely at the kinds of demographics the aclu are concerned abo...

And in the last election cycle alone, they passed early voting cutbacks in florida, and redistricting maps in texas, all under section five. federal courts agreed in most cases. but today, shelby county alabama legal experts, paid for, by a conservative activist, said they were wrong to react, because basically, racism is now a thing of the past in the south. >> i was 24 years old when we came under section five. i'm 73 last weekend. and we are still under the same formula, none of which has applied to us in many, many, many years. >> section five currently covers alabama, alaska, arizona, geo...

The justice department filed nearly a thousand objections to voting laws. and in the last election cycle alone, they passed early voting cutbacks in florida, and redistricting maps in texas, all under section five. federal courts agreed in most cases. but today, shelby county alabama legal experts, paid for, by a conservative activist, said they were wrong to react, because basically, racism is now a thing of the past in the south. >> i was 24 years old when we came under section five. i'm 73 last weekend. and we are still under the same formula, none of which has applied to us in many, many, ...