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We're seeing it today with the vice president speaking ought howard university at a dnc event to talk about the ways in which they're going to expand this voting program across the country, grassroots efforts among communities that perhaps don't have the highest rates of voting and to ensure that they have access as some of that's rights are impacting those communities, some of these laws are impacts kmungts in certain states. but it's interesting. they have made no secret that infrastructure is their number one priority in terms of the legislative effort and what they've put out every single ...

On. is the administration in favor of a national id card as pardon of the enhanced vetting? >> look, we have laid out what our principles and priorities are and we'll work with congress on determining the best way to make those specific pieces of legislation. but the things that i outlined or what we'd like to see and whether or not what form that comes in that's yet to be determined. but those are the principles we'd like to see take place in any extreme vetting program. >> you are not ruling out a national id card? right but also not saying that we are fully that. i'm saying we laid out prin...

The number of absentee ballots requested by members of the military, so far dramatically down, they say, according to the military voter protection project. they say in the crucial swing state of ohio, 3.3% of eligible military voters have so far requested ballots as of a week and a half ago. north carolina and virginia both are under 2%. in 2009, congress passed the military and overseas voter empowerment act. that was supposed to help smooth the process for them to vote. but critics question whether that is really being properly carried out. >> it was supposed to make it easier for service m...

Members in your county for those to end early. >> there were those who tried to do away with early voting or tried to compress it so we couldn't get people out to vote. in america i think we ought to work on getting more people to vote. make it easier not just on tuesday. so the general assembly when i was in control of the democrats we did that. and the republicans have pushed hard to rescind some of those rules. some of the counties i believe were influenced by the discussion in raleigh and they backed away from a comprehensive voting program. a lot of people rose up and demanded for the boa...