four or five-hour-long line and couldn t wait. had to go home. and we saw that all over the state. so, you know, i think that it s important that we continue to be concerned about the impact that that could have on our country. keep us up to date, and thank you, state representative kathleen clyde of ohio and dale ho of the aclu. we ll be back after this. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn t. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk.
and willing to try to overcome those barriers in order to vote. that s pretty hamiltonian, isn t it? there s this idea that s the way you get the plutocrat. it s not too far from the philosophy that underlies poll taxes, literacy tests. anything else property. men of property. right. absolutely. now, i have a digit view. do they ever voice that, dale, do they ever say we think people with limited income and limited motor transportation really are better off not voting? do they say that? take this some way, we don t want you voting. they don t come right out and say it all the time. every now and then someone slips up. you mentioned manatee county in florida, right? supervisor of elections in manatee county, florida, debating early voting cutbacks in 2012 said he wanted to make it harder for people to vote. he wanted it to make it more like africa where people walk 100, 200 miles to a polling place which is absolutely crazy that someone would think that s the way our
t already there are bills to restrict voting that are working their ways through legislatures in some 19 maps. look at in ohio. a bill to trim early voting moves forward. there is also a movement to end same-day registration and put new limits on absentee ballots. in florida on the state s gulf coast, the commissioners down there have okayed the closing, catch this, of 30 polling places, which amounts to 1/3 of the county s total. the local naacp president said of the shutdowns the more affluent community was left alone. and as far as their polling place, they didn t suffer some kind of closings as poor neighborhoods did. it s no coincidence the right to vote is under assault in two of the most important swing states in the country, especially in presidential election. tim russert, ohio, ohio, ohio, florida, florida, florida. state representative kathleen clyde is in the ohio state assembly. and dale ho is director of the
isn t it? there s this idea that s the way you get the plutocrat. it s not too far from the philosophy that underlies poll taxes, literacy tests. anything else property. men of property. right. absolutely. now, i have a digit view. do they ever voice that, dale, do they ever say we think people with limited income and limited motor transportation really are better off not voting? do they say that? take this some way, we don t want you voting. they don t come right out and say it all the time. every now and then someone slips up. you mentioned manatee county in florida, right? supervisor of elections in manatee county, florida, debating early voting cutbacks in 2012 said he wanted to make it harder for people to vote. he wanted it to make it more like africa where people walk 100, 200 miles to a polling place which is absolutely crazy that someone would think that s the way our democracy should function. start with the view that everyone counts equally in a democracy.
in some 19 maps. look at in ohio. a bill to trim early voting moves forward. there is also a movement to end same-day registration and put new limits on absentee ballots. in florida on the state s gulf coast, the commissioners down there have okayed the closing, catch this, of 30 polling places, which amounts to 1/3 of the county s total. the local naacp president said of the shutdowns the more affluent community was left alone. and as far as their polling place, they didn t suffer some kind of closings as poor neighborhoods did. it s no coincidence the right to vote is under assault in two of the most important swing states in the country, especially in presidential election. tim russert, ohio, ohio, ohio, florida, florida, florida. state representative kathleen clyde is in the ohio state assembly. and dale ho is director of the aclu s voting rights projects. i want to start with an elective official. representative clyde, tell me what is going on in ohio with