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Voting lines in north carolina, much the same that ohio moved toward today. when chuck asked governor mccrory why he and other people of north carolina voted to cut several days out of early voting in north carolina, the governor responded by saying you know, they're not cutting early voting. really, he says they were compacting the calendar. compacting the calendar. try that on your boss the next time your late. hey, i'm not late, i'm just compacting the work day, in north carolina, they're compacting several days on the number of days in which you can early vote. they're just making it more ...

Legislator will start to go and vote and make the process of voting a lot harder and slower for you? congratulations, if you voted for a republican you got what you paid for. the republican voter in north carolina was on today on msnbc, chuck asked him about the law he signed to dramatically roll back voting lines in north carolina, much the same that ohio moved toward today. when chuck asked governor mccrory why he and other people of north carolina voted to cut several days out of early voting in north carolina, the governor responded by saying you know, they're not cutting early voting. rea...

The election day. also because you've got these very intensely crowded african-american areas in big cities like philadelphia where the people, the voting lines are so long. we've got new numbers now. 20 minutes to vote you're an african-american. it takes so much longer people want these options. and now the state legislatures run by republicans say we don't want you to have these options because we don't want you to vote. isn't this all true what i'm saying? >> i think this is where mr. bond's point is really salient. the voter suppression tactics we saw proliferate in the last several years...

Sports men. >> how insensitive can you be to be giving robocalls in the homes of people who have lost loved ones. i hope it's a contrast to this kind of insensitivity. >> i think so. but if i could have one more message, it would be what hadiya said when she came to washington to be at some events with us and also to sit with the first lady during the state of the union. we were at a press conference and a member of the press asked her what message she had for members of congress and looked out at the crowd and said, you wanted the job. do something. >> wow. that is the words of cleo cowley an...

1965 to prevent racial discrimination, to stop the taxes, literacy taxes and violence rampant across jim crowe south. nine states are required, mostly in the south, to get federal permission before changing their voting procedures. this provision stopped unfair voting changes like districts redrawn to minimize the vote of african-americans. recently, it's been used to block photo id laws in south carolina and texas. and cutbacks in early voting in florida. yet, in 2009, chief justice roberts wrote quote, things have changed in the south. yes, things have changed. clearly not enough. just this ...