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Problem for them if all these judgments are made against their plans to introduce voter i.d.? >> absolutely. while it's something noble when you just hear we want to prevent voter fraud, you look at the facts and figures, and there is such few cases of voter fraud. in the bush administration there was barely 86 of those cases identified over a five-year period. >> and in florida they suggested they had to purge 180,000 people from the voting rolls. i think they found 36 people who might be questionable. >> exactly. but this is where it becomes once again a branding and a pr issue. when you loo...

They whittled the list down to 5,000 names that matched up enough for a second look and started sending out letters to those voters. and the results so far have been spectacular. look at this. one voter, carolyn perry has been voting in north carolina since 1967. this month, she got a letter from her county board of elections saying she might not be qualified to vote anymore on account of she might be dead. she says, quote, my initial reaction, i was mad as hell. yes. understandably. carolyn perry's county is sending these "you might be dead" letters to 148 voters because of this kick the peop...

Started sending out letters to those voters. and the results so far have been spectacular. look at this. one voter, carolyn perry has been voting in north carolina since 1967. this month, she got a letter from her county board of elections saying she might not be qualified to vote anymore on account of she might be dead. she says, quote, my initial reaction, i was mad as hell. yes. understandably. carolyn perry's county is sending these "you might be dead" letters to 148 voters because of this kick the people off the voting rolls process started by a north carolina tea party group. they sent l...

Especially for this campaign. they have operated so far with what looks to be a sharp understanding of the math that goes into winning elections. they have to understand momentum, right, they sure ly understand geography. it's not an accident that the party held its convention in florida which had not hosted a convention in 40 years but has voted for the winner of the presidential election for the past 40 years and where barack obama now leads in the polls by an average of one single point. republicans lost florida last time but not by a lot. they would very much like to win florida this year....

People have put out that study, i think that was by the brenton center. that study has shown to be statistically flawed. also, importantly, it's my understanding that study you're quoting was paid for in part by george soros who is antagonistic to cleaning up the voting rolls here in the united states of america, so that's been completely discredited. the evidence showed that people in the state of texas and people across the country that are required to show a photo id to vote are not going to be disenfranchised. alisyn: mr. attorney general greg abbott, thanks for explaining your perspective...