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incentive, strategically, to maximize levels of white turnout and minimize levels of other turnout. that s more or less the tactic the republican parties of the south have taken, certainly in north carolina, sparking massive protests in response. those suppression tactics were not supposed to be the strategy of the national republican party. particularly after the clock cleaning they received in 2012. because all of us across the spectrum in the days and weeks after that election looked at the exit polls and all saw the same results. barack obama won latinos by 50 points, asians by 47 points and african-americans by a cool 87 points. they also saw that mitt romney actually won about as much of the white vote as george h.w. bush did but lost the election because the 2012 electorate was 13% less white than the 1988 electorate. and so observers of the republican party concluded the party was going to have to change. the future of the republican party, hispanics are a crucial

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acts preclearance provision, well in addition to working on a voter i.d., work to end early voting which 2 million people, mostly democrats, took advantage of during the last election. eliminate same-day registration. and end sunday voting. now, the context of this is that the republican party in the south, in particular, is, well, it s a party of white people. a party that has, frankly, every incentive, strategically, to maximize levels of white turnout and minimize levels of other turnout. that s more or less the tactic the republican parties of the south have taken, certainly in north carolina, sparking massive protests in response. those suppression tactics were not supposed to be the strategy of the national republican party. particularly after the clock cleaning they received in 2012. because all of us across the spectrum in the days and weeks after that election looked at the exit polls and all saw the same results. barack obama won latinos by 50 points, asians by 47 points and

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the reason is they feel like they have to rig the game in order to win the game. if you want to rig the game, these long voting lines are just a smaller part of a much bigger strategy. here s the voter suppression checklist. first, issue voter purge lists. well, florida tried it. the department of justice stepped in. second, shorten the deadline for voter registration. florida tried that too and a federal judge overturned the restriction and third, cut back early voting times to scare voters away from the polls. republicans in states like pennsylvania is, ohio tried similar suppression tactics. civil rights groups now want the justice department to investigate. we re told there s no investigation so far. we asked why not. the republican strategies didn t work this time, but believe me, folks, there s evidence that there s always going to be another election and they re going to be right back at it. joining us tonight, ohio state senator nina turner. good to have you with us

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one vote chooser to re-electing my husband and moving this country forward for four more years. it s early but as of today early voting is looking good for the democrats. who are casting more ballot in some key states. that s why we re seeing the right wing suppression tactics. and we told you about these billboards popping up in some african-american and hispanic neighborhoods in ohio and w wisconsin. someone is trying to intimidate voters but we know what they are up to and we won t let them. it is your right to vote. don t be afraid to stand up and be counted. joining me now is owe nye ohio state senator nina turner. thank you for being here. thank you, rev. can you find out who is behind them? not really, rev. as far as who exactly paid for those billboards, we are not

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