suppression law with strict voter requirements. it cuts early voting by a week. bans people under 18 from registering. huge protests have been held across the state since the law was signed. attorney general holder is fighting it, filing a lawsuit under the voting rights act, opposition to this voter suppression comes in many forms and sizes. please meet madison kimbrie. she s 12 years old, and she s making her voice herd far and wide. we have leaders here in our state who have shown that not only do they want to reduce the participation of young people in our government they also want to dismiss and belittle our voices. i wanted to meet with our
care to the government shutdown or to the debt when, in fact, we know they ve been fighting it like dogs to kill obama care any way they can. what s the truth here? well, that s an important distinction. the koch brothers and the political world around them, yes, they have funded or helped fund i should say, some groups that favor this strategy. but their own groups and they themselves do not think it s the best strategy. they ve actually been pretty consistent for awhile. i think the letter yesterday was an effort to say, look, we support getting rid of obama care. this is not our strategy. we don t agree with it. we have a better strategy. didn t they support alec to go hard right on things like voter requirements, voter suppression, if you will? yeah. they support all kinds of conservative causes. but the koch world strategy on obama care is stop people from enrolling it, warn them about rising insurance premiums, make
limit. they re out there saying we had nothing to do with tying obama care to the government shutdown or to the debt when, in fact, we know they ve been fighting it like dogs to kill obama care any way they can. what s the truth here? well, that s an important distinction. the koch brothers and the political world around them, yes, they have funded or helped fund i should say, some groups that favor this strategy. but their own groups and they themselves do not think it s the best strategy. they ve actually been pretty consistent for awhile. i think the letter yesterday was an effort to say, look, we support getting rid of obama care. this is not our strategy. we don t agree with it. we have a better strategy. didn t they support alec to go hard right on things like voter requirements, voter suppression, if you will? yeah. they support all kinds of conservative causes. but the koch world strategy on obama care is stop people from
and randomly voting. honestly, personally, i don t think my vote matters. people have died, friends of mine, giving us a right to vote, freedom, if people are trying to take that away, that s absolutely un-american. now kristen, the nbc page, joins us. great reporting, but i m a little freaked out. are there any college students in pennsylvania who are going to be able to vote? hi, melissa the more proactive ones will, but for the frightening thing, for most students, the school i.d. is the main form of identification. i was able to vote with just my student i.d., now that s not the case. 115 schools in the state provide student i.d.s without expiration dates which means she they don t satisfy the new voter requirements. if they are providing i.d.s without the needed expiration date, anything the universities can do about that? bucknell will provide
i was looking at we have an intern here, kristen, in school in pennsylvania last year, although she s graduated. and kristen got the letter, you know, from pennsylvania about what it takes to be able to vote. and i m thinking, this is the kind of thing they would send out. like these long, hard, technical words. you have to do these 15 different things. every i.d. card needs to have an expiration date just to discourage you if you are an ordinary citizen. these kinds of activities are intimidating to voters. even in states with no voter i.d., i have heard secretaries of state say that in west virginia, particularly, i was on a planl with the secretary of state in west virginia saying, i have voters calling to say what are the voter requirements in west virginia. it is causing intimidation and mass confusion among voters. that s a serious problem. part of the problems democrats have had on this, and this is a place where i m disappointed in my party, i think the republicans have h