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Righ rights. but that's going to take a long haul because the right to vote has always been a political football. it's been about restricting the voice of people who those in power don't want to hear from. that's how you maintain power is to keep other people silent and that's why it's been manipulated. >> let me ask you, are you surprised that i am sitting here talking with someone who holds office in ohio as ground zero because we started with our, like, mississippi is kind of the obvious place where you would expect this. given that it has now moved to ohio, as you said to pennsylvan pennsy...

Voting process for all americans. we do have a messed up system in many ways that's keeping people waiting in lines one to seven hours. and chief among them is really upgrading our voter registration system. >> it's not just as you well-known at the brennan center you track this information, it's not just the states. look at my home state, chris's home state of pennsylvania and what's taking place in the commonwealth of pennsylvania wouldn't have been effected by the votiing rights act which is why i think of dr. ornstein saying we need to do something on a national level. >> there are nationa...

Act. there's section two, a provision that allows for private litigants and for the department of justice to pursue discriminatory changes to methods of elections, and the hopes of other discriminatory voting measures as a provision that allows for jurisdictions that have intensely discriminated to be bailed in to coverage, where they have to submit their voting changes for approval. but i like the point that congressman lewis made about how the supreme court's devastating, and really, disgraceful decision broke his heart. and to ari's point, i think there's a moment now where congress can rec...

Reauthorized the voting rights fact 2006. tuesday attorney general holder told the naacp convention in orlando that the u.s. has rare and historic opportunity to pass legislation strengthening modern voting protections. >> this was a deeply disappointing and flawed decision. congress must take steps to ensure that every eligible american has equal access to the polls. >> holder also announced for the first time he's directed the doj's civil rights division to shift resources to the voting acts provisions that were not affected by the supreme court ruling including section two which prohibits v...

Grandfather clauses and look at two aspects. one is the impact the same on minority voters? is there a negative impact? two, is the intent the same? is the purpose the same? i think what you're going to find is that they're very similar aspects to practices today as existed during jim crow. >> professor, i think we need congress to act here because if they don't, we're stuck with getting redressed through the courts. in terms of voting discrimination, justice only comes if it's addressed in advance. voting discrimination is hard for the courts to deal with because once the election is over, it...