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the rug. reporter: the push for federal voting rights law comes as 48 states are considering nearly 400 republican-backed bills that would restrict voting. across the south, grass-roots activist organized freedom rides, like those during the civil rights movement, concerned the proposals could again make it harder for people of color at the ballot box. it s jim crow 2.0. it s the same impact and the same patterns and that s why we re fighting it. reporter: experts say congress is running out of time ahead of next year s midterms. soon we re going to be in the 2022 election cycles. the districts will be drawn very shortly, and at that point it gets very difficult to pass election reforms. reporter: west virginia senator joe manchin, the lone democrat who initially opposed the elections reform bill did vote with his party tonight.ith. he crafted a separate compr he crafted a separate compromise that has support from the white house and former president obama, but it s not clear