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Disappointed, maybe they've become apathetic. maybe they support obama, but that's not getting in the car. these rallies where they take you right to a voting place is going to make a difference for president obama. it won't if romney has more votes and wins. it's important to remind the supporters what's at stake and to get them to bank those votes in advance. >> jeff, we are expecting sandy to throw quite the wrench into some campaigning. governor romney shifting his stops tomorrow from virginia to ohio. power outages after the storm could really shift priorities for a lot of swing state vot...

>> with the sole intent of intimidating people. people should not have to go to a voting place, reverend sharpton, in fear and to be addressed. and then basically one of the things that this investigation is going to do is we're trying to find out, for example, what kind of information are they basing their challenges on? we also would like to look into how do they select the various places that they are going into poll watches, as you would say. it would be interesting to see whether those are in suburban areas, urban areas? we would suggest that most of them are in urban areas and they have ...

Joke. in philadelphia, i mean, in pennsylvania, that's 160,000. if the secretary of state -- >> who can all get an i.d. governor, they can all get an i.d.. >> who many of them don't have the physical ability to get to a voter registration office, number one. >> well, then, they won't have the physical ability -- >> no, they can walk down the block to get to their voting place. they can't go -- often it's a 10, 15-minute drive -- >> it's a red herring, governor. >> stnit isn't a red herring. if, in fact, in eight years there were ten instances of this fraud, why do you need this for. >> answer ...

Vote laws. and what those laws might mean for all of those millions of eligible voters who don't have the documentation that the states now demand. in order to get away with putting a new legal barrier between you and your right to vote, they're supposed to help voters get free ids they'll be allowed to show at the voting place. they're supposed to be free because if you have to pay for a document you suddenly need to vote, you're essentially asked to pay a poll tax. you're charged a fee in order to vote and in america, that's unconstitutional. but according to the brennan center's report toda...

Seniors, among low-income voters, among students, and yes, among minority voters. today, the brennan center is out with a new study of the nation's strictest new make it harder to vote laws. and what those laws might mean for all of those millions of eligible voters who don't have the documentation that the states now demand. in ord toor get away with putting a new legal barrier twoon you and your right to vote, they're supposed to help voters get free ids they'll be allowed to show at the voting place. they're supposed to be free because if you have to pay for a document you suddenly need to ...