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Proving the lie that the election was stolen, which of course republicans in that state, republican secretary of state and republican governor, oversaw three recounts and it was not. i want to show you, rev, what president biden said yesterday at his democracy summit on the status of federal voting rights legislation. >> we need to enact what we call the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting right advancement act to prevent voting discrimination, provide baselines for assessing the -- accessing the ballot box, and ensure the will of the voters is upheld. and so much more. we should be ...

Organizing their own decline to sign campaign that includes a major canvassing effort. >> understand that it's really making voting more difficult. so we're asking people to decline to sign. >> reporter: democrats' claims the drive will depress minority and absentee voters are, quote, ridiculous, says rowe. >> the fact of the matter is you have to show your i.d. to by a 12-pack of beer. there's nothing wrong with having to show an i.d. to vote. >> reporter: what's happening in michigan is a slice of new voting restrictions enacted by gop-led legislatures. for voters like davis who remembers vo...

Results, which somehow is still going on and is not going to change the results of the election in any way, shape or form, but because of the history of voting discrimination in this state. this was one of the states that until 2013 had to have any changes to voting laws free cleared under the voting rights act of 1965, what everyone is marching today to honor the anniversary of. but our viewers may not know that some of the supreme court also upheld restrictive voting laws in arizona that further decimated the voting rights act. that is why people are here today. they're not outside because i...

Sinema, what must you be thinking watching these rallies? >> well, watching the rallies, and knowing what the impact is of the law, the loss of the voting rights action. we have less protection than we did in 1965, in terms of voting discrimination. so if i'm the two of them sitting there, i'm thinking, our democracy is on fire right now. and i can't wait for bipartisanship. because my party actually has everything to lose. i have everything to lose. you know, if we think about it, it's not just what the republicans are doing, but it's democrats, including people like schumer, you know, we hav...

Lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act of 1965 into law. it enforced the 14th and 15th amendments and prohibited the voting discrimination that had taken over, that was so prevalent in many southern states in the wake of the civil war. as we mark the bill's anniversary today we stand at a crossroads in this country's fight for equality as the gop continues and ramps up it's salt on voting rights in this country. according to the brendan center for justice, 18 states enacted 30 laws that will make it harder for americans to vote this year, and the pressure is building on democrats to stop ...