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back up his claim. the justice department said south carolina voted no evidence that voter fraud was occur in the state. i m joined by katie o connor, with the aclu voting rights project. caroline heldman, professor of politics at occidental college. great to have both of you with us tonight. this story is one that gets my blood boiling because it s about suppressing the voices of americans across this country. miss o connor, your reaction? is this the tip of the iceberg of the justice department? i m hopeful it is and hopeful it turns the tide on the way of voter suppression efforts we ve seen over the past few years. the department of justice under section 5 still has several other laws it can refuse to preclear. most notably the voter i.d. law that s coming out of texas but

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111229:08:56:00

also alabama and mississippi have those laws as well. and also the department of justice can bring section 2 claims in court to challenge the same sorts of laws for those states that aren t subject to section 5. so i m hopeful that that s exactly what they re going to do. and katie, are you confident that they will do these kinds of things? you know, i really believe %-pthe tide is about to turn. i think we ve done a great job of sort of educating the public about why the laws are bad in the first place. i also think that the department of justice has finally seen it as really, you know, sort of an emergency situation where we ve got ten states that have passed voter i.d. laws in the past five years. seven states that are limiting early voting. two states that tried to get rid of election day registration. the list goes on and on.

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let me tell you something. you are not alone. and the anybody but mitt crowd continues with a new radio ad calling for sarah palin to jump into the presidential race. democratic strategist bob shrum handicaps iowa and beyond. our plan was righting for our state, and in my view, it was based upon conservative principles. mitt romney is touting the individual mandate as a conservative principle but still wants to repeal obama care. tonight, we ll highlight the republican hypocrisy. the republican effort to strip voting rights continues. and the justice department is taking action. the aclu s katie o connor and professor at occidental college, caroline heldman will talk abouç further action and have the latest on the gop voter obstruction. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. the story was in newton, iowa, today. i was there. it was the same old stuff. let s see. freedom, the constitution, limited government, protect

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sort ofç off the back burner a i do think that the tide s going to turn. i hope so. professor, if the law is considered discriminatory, why isn t the department of justice rejecting similar voter i.d. laws in other states? what do you think? i think it s probably because those states aren t on the list of eight states that require preclearance because of their history of discrimination, as katie has pointed out. he s specifically going after south carolina and texas because they re on that list. eric holder could under section 2 also go after any law that is discriminatory under the voting rights act of 1965. he s not chosen to do that. i guess i m a little more pessimistic because i think it s hard for the average american because of the way this has been framed as voter fraud. who doesn t want to stand against fraud? because of the way it s been framed by a lot of conservative outlets, i think it s hard to make the case that we shouldn t

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130701:10:04:00

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