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And redistricting. texas had a major overhaul that involved the voting rights act. a couple of years ago, 2009, there was another case that didn't specifically get to whether or not sex 5 would be good. but there were hints fromchief e time to revisit that. what are you going to be looking at, elizabeth? who do you think are the key players here? >> obviously, you look at justice anthony kennedy who, has been the swing vote. i think it's important to note that while things have changed and there has been progress, you know, for those states who can show, we're tollingy different, we have refor...

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They would have to be cleared by the justice department in any changes they had to their voting practices. if section five of the voting rights act is struck down, then that preclearance process would go away, and, you know, there's some parts of the country where, obviously, folks have been trying to make it harder for people to vote. >> well, there are nine states covered by section five of the voting rights act. there they are. mostly southern which the president talking about. the states in yellow. it's also affected some counties in these additional states in green. you can see that for a...

Country, those areas that had a history of preventing african-americans or ma tee knows or other ethnic groups from voting, they would have to be cleared by the justice department in any changes they had to their voting practices. if section five of the voting rights act is struck down, then that preclearance process would go away, and, you know, there's some parts of the country where, obviously, folks have been trying to make it harder for people to vote. >> well, there are nine states covered by section five of the voting rights act. there they are. mostly southern which the president talki...

Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that's ever been won on any battlefield. >> that was president lyndon b. johnson 47 years ago today as he signed the voting rights act of 1965. outlawing discriminatory voting practices. today with a three-month sprint to the election, the gop is ramping up its efforts to suppress the vote. and now governor romney has put himself right in the middle of that effort. in the crucial swing state of ohio, a new voting law ends early voting on the friday before the election day. but it allows active military members to vote until the monday befor...