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Hyphenated names. the problem came to light yesterday when a local district judge had trouble casting a ballot. the story is first at 6:00. >> what i have used for voter registration and for identification for the last 52 years was not sufficient yesterday when i went to vote. >> 117th district court judge sandra watts has voted in every election for the last 49 years. the name on her driver's license has remained the same for 52 years. and the address on her voter registration card or driver's license hasn't changed in more than two decades. naj imagine to her surprise when she was told by vo...

The story is first at 6:00. >> what i have used for voter registration and for identification for the last 52 years was not sufficient yesterday when i went to vote. >> 117th district court judge sandra watts has voted in every election for the last 49 years. the name on her driver's license has remained the same for 52 years. and the address on her voter registration card or driver's license hasn't changed in more than two decades. imagine to her surprise when she was told by voting officials that she had to sign a voter affidavit, affirming that she was who she said she was. >> someone looke...

Their votes here in the key state were important. >> it is important to vote. no matter how old or young you are. i want my voice heard, i guess. >> and hillsborough county went with the winner of every presidential election since 1960 except one. four million people have voted early voting or absentee ballot. >> you have a quick question. you said that voting stops at seveno'clock p.m. but if you are in line you can stay and vote. >> that's right. they have voting officials at the end of the line and turning many people who arrived just after 7 o'clock. >> thank you very much. we have an impo...

That decision was sea peeled to the supreme court of pennsylvania which said we are worried that not everybody has enough time to get these free i.d.s there are they are registered to vote, they won't be able to vote so we are accepting it back to the trial judge. he held a two-day mini prime in which he found not enough people have these things. i'm worried poor people. people in the inner city. people who don't have cars that can't drive or walk to these facilities won't be able to vote. bill: you have five weeks to go before an election and this voter i.d. law is null and void? >> it's for ...

Swing state s if not coast to coast, do you as somebody who studied this, do you have any advice for someone who feels intimidated in their polling place? >> absolutely. this is illegal to discriminate against voters, to intimidate voters, disrupt the polling place, and target people unreasonably for vote suppression. if you see it, you should report it to voting officials and law enforcement officials. this is something that we need to be vigilant against. no matter what the intentions are of the people doing the operations they can and do often slide into using tactics that suppress legitima...