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Require paper backups in future elections. so, that's part of the issue. elections in america even what you think of as national elections are not necessarily national. they're just a lot of local elections. >> they're complicated. joining us to discuss this, wendy wiser, director of democracy program at nyu. thank you for being here. walk us through this. the state that is don't have paper backups, what do they do to protect the vote? >> we have actually had a lot of redundant systems in place, regardless of what system you're voting on to secure the vote. >> good thing. >> we have increased ...

$380 million appropriated to shore up our election security. that was a major step forward. this needs to be a priority for the next congress. it needs to take place in 2019 so the systems will be in place for the 2020 election. there's a much more higher risk there will be lots of actors trying to compromise the system and congress has not been able the get a lot of jobs done. this is an important one for congress to get done. >> wendy, thank you. you made me feel a bit better about it. >> definitely a little bit smarter. >> definitely. i feel a lot smarter after that. the midterms are not ...

And immobilizing vote arers. >> absolutely. people are bushing back. there is a lot of anger at the new voting restrictions being put in place. we are seeing voters show up at the ballot box. not just waiting in line for five, seven hourses to vote. but voting against new voting restrictions when they are put forward at the ballot box. this is something we think will have a significant backfiring effect. courts are also pushing back. that's a silver lining here. the courts are rule aring in favor of voters here. we hope there will be more improvement before the 2014 election. >> we'll be on th...

Have led to fraud convictions. voter fraud is a flat out myth. the laws are a solution to a problem that simply does not exist. and we can't and won't let them roll back our rights. joining me now is wendy wiser of the brennan center, the lead author of that new report the state of voting in 2014. and democratic strategist jamal simmons. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> wendy, your report found seven states where african-american turnout was highest in 2008 are rolling back voting rights. what was your analysis of why this is happening? >> we have seen start thing in 2010 a real signifi...