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In 2006 congress overwhelmingly reauthorized the voting rights act for 25 years, the supreme court unfortunately threw that out a few years later, but that was the last time that we've seen republicans support in any numbers measures to liberalize voting, to help achieve equal rights. since then the republicans in state after state have done everything they could under the rubric, the false rubric of voter fraud to make it harder for minorities to vote, to cut down on voting days, cut down on voting places, to use -- to require voter ids of the type that not middle class people don't often hav...

The last four digits of social security. maybe they could amend it. i understand why they're trying to do it. and, you know, to the previous report that there is no evidence of voter fraud, that's just ridiculous. there is all sorts of studies been done about noncitizens signing up to vote. in california it's easy. >> but to be fair, senator, the president said three to five million votes. and i'll just quote one of the studies. it was -- i can't count the zeros, but it's 0.0002% where it's been substantiated of illegal voters. >> well, look, the bottom line is there has never been really good...

With, about 15,000 or so, right? >> reporter: that's right. 15,000 of these so-called "s" files. they're different levels of surveillance and in fact some people are under close surveillance. nonetheless, 15,000 people in france that police and intelligence officers believed should be kept under watch. with that kind of a task, you're really at odds to try to keep track of everybody. for the elections this weekend they have 50,000 police on the streets, but that pales in comparison that there are 60,000 voting places. there's a lot of protection, but you can't be everywhere all the time. >> th...

We're not talking about overall reducti reductions. we're talking about spot reductions. arizona, texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, south carolina, north carolina with fewer voting places. what do most of those states have in common, a whole lot of black people, states in the former confederacy where there's a lot of african-americans or a lot of hispanics. your thoughts, sir? >> well, i think if you look at a place like greensboro, north carolina where they go from 16 early voting locations in 2012 to one in 2016 you get the idea of what's happening and when you look in some of the stat...

And in about four hours, we may get our first indications of who will become the next president. voting under way now in all 50 states and the territories. hillary clinton and her running mate, tim kaine, cast their ballots this morning. a short time ago donald trump and mike pence also made their choices. both campaigns hopeful about their chances. >> if you want to vote, go to gop.com to find your voting places. we're going to make america great again, i promise. >> so many people are counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country. i'll do the very best i can if i'm ...