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TALK ABOUT VARIETY. OUR GUEST, MELANIE EVERSLEY JOINS US FROM NEW YORK.
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WELCOME. GUEST: THANK YOU. HOST: WE INVITED TO SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
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GUEST, -
IN PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT STATE CONCERNING VOTER I.D.?
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GUEST: ESSENTIALLY, PENNSYLVANIA WAS A NUMBER OF OF STATES -- WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ATTEMPTING TO PASS
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LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE WOULD-BE VOTERS TO PRODUCE SOME FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION WHEN THEY WANTED TO VOTE. INITIALLY, A STATE JUDGE APPROVED...
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FOLKS PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THAT THESE SORTS OF LAWS ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER
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TO PREVENT VOTER FRAUD, VOTER IDENTITY THEFT. AND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF VOTER I.D. LAW, PEOPLE CAN PRESUMABLY VOTE WITH A UTILITY BILL, BORDER REGISTRATION...
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KAN., A FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. ... KANSAS, TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA. MOST STATES ARE COVERED BY NON- PHOTO ID AND MOST AREN'T REQUIRING IDENTIFICATION LAWS....
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ELECTION, THERE SEEMED TO BE A WAVE OF REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED STATE LEGISLATURES PUSHING FORTH SOME OF THESE LAWS. IT SEEMS TO HAVE EVOLVED, IN FACT,...
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PHOTO IDENTIFICATION, OR AT LEAST LOOSE ON THOSE LAWS, HOW DO THEY REQUIRE YOU TO PROVE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE? GUEST: IF YOU CAN SHOW UP A UTILITY BILL...
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AND FEWER STATES WITH NOTHING IN PLACE. AND RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE CHANGING WITH THE LEGAL CHALLENGES, AND THEN YOU HAVE STATES THAT HAVE...
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MISS EVERSLEY, THIS STORY, OR AT LEAST EARLIER THIS WEEK IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUT EVEN EARLIER TODAY, A STORY OUT OF OHIO IS SAYING THAT A WIDER...
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GUEST: I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? HOST: HOW DO OTHER STATES MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO A
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GUEST, -
AND DEDICATION, ESPECIALLY IF THEIR STATE REQUIRES IT?
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GUEST: THE ISSUE HAS BEEN MONEY, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE ARGUMENT. SOME STATES HAVE MADE IT SO THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY IN ORDER
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GUEST, -
TO HAVE 90 AND ON VACATION. -- TO HAVE AN IDENTIFICATION. SOME STATES ARE LOOKING AT ONLINE REGISTRATION. I BELIEVE, CALIFORNIA AND CONNECTICUT HAVE...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING PEDRO. GOOD MORNING, MELANIE. AND YOU SAID IN PENNSYLVANIA
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THAT THERE WAS NO VOTER I.D. LOT. THE VOTER I.D. LAW WAS UPHELD, BUT IT WILL NOT BE PLACED INTO EFFECT FOR THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. IS THAT CORRECT?...
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INTRODUCED IT AS A PARTISAN THING. BUT ISN'T
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IT THAT A LOT OF STATES ARE
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JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT IS ONE PERSON-ONE VOTE AND THAT BY APPROVING WHO YOU ARE AND WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO ASSURE THAT EACH PERSON ONLY GETS ONE...
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DEBATE THERE IS WHAT WE WERE THAT ONE PERSON GETS ONE VOTE? TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THAT SOME OF THESE LAWS MAY SEEM TO PREVENT SOME PEOPLE FROM GETTING...
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YOU CAN DO WITHOUT ID. GUEST: I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE IN THE STREET SAYING THAT. THAT IS PART OF THE DEBATE ALSO A, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED IDENTIFICATION TO...
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PLANE, TO DO LOTS OF THINGS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BROADER PICTURE AND GET DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S SITUATIONS IN OUR COUNTRY, YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE...
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CALLER: I'M FROM THE OLD SOUTH. I COME FROM BEFORE FDR. ARE YOU STILL THERE?
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HOST: YES, GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM SEEING THIS COUNTRY GOING BACKWARDS. IN THE OLD SOUTH, I WAS BORN BEFORE FDR.
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CALLER, -
MY FAMILY WAS STILL IN THE COMPLEX CLAN. OR THEIR ASSOCIATES DID. BLACKS DID NOT VOTE. WE WOULD SHOOT THEM IF THEY DID. THEY KNEW THEIR PLACE AS WOMEN...
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BORN IN LA BERBER, TENNESSEE. MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS
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CREEK, TENNESSEE. THERE IS NO CREEK, TENNESSEE AND NEVER HAS BEEN I WAS BORN ON MY GRANDFATHER'S FARM WITH PLENTY OF PEOPLE AROUND. I AM ONE OF THOSE...
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SANTA THE KLAN AND OUT OF
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THIN -- AND THE PLAN AND THAT SORT OF THING. PATRICK, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS AROUND THIS ISSUE HAVE TOUCHED A NERVE WITH...
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MAYBE YOU SHOULD RECALL -- PROPOSE THAT THEN. HOST: IT IS ANOTHER WYDA -- WAY OF VERIFYING WITH A PERSON IS.
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GUEST: DO NOT KNOW OF OTHER STATES DOING
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THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VIABLE FOR SOME STATES TO EXAMINE. HOST:
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THIS IS A CALLER FROM REDWOOD, CALIF.. INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ACTIVE IN
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VOTER SUPPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES, CONTRARY TO WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE MAINSTREAM
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MEDIA. I THINK FEW PEOPLE SEEM TO REALIZE TO WHAT EXTENT THEIR JOBS AFFECT THEIR POLITICAL LIVES. THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE FACE TODAY ARE THE...
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GUEST: I KNOW THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT. THERE IS A COALITION
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GUEST, -
OF ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE ELECTION PROTECTION. I BELIEVE THEIR MAIN PURPOSE IS...
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TEXAS, REPUBLICAN LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I HAVE A QUESTION. IT IS DESCRIBED AS A PARTISAN ISSUE SINCE 2008. AND WHEN YOU MENTION
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HAWAII AS BEING THE FIRST STATE, I WONDER IF YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS ON WHICH PARTY WAS IN POWER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, OR PERHAPS THE GOVERNOR PRIOR...
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NOW. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE PASSED LAWS JUST
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RECENTLY, BUT PRIOR TO 2008, HOW MANY STATES WERE A DEMOCRAT OR HOW MANY WERE REPUBLICAN. DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS? GUEST: OUT OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD,...
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ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB PUBLISHING THIS INFORMATION ON THE WEB. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES. THEY...
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GUEST: NOT THAT I HAVE HEARD OF. WHEN IT HAS BEEN EXAMINED, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN MANY CASES. THERE IS AN ENERGETIC PROPONENT IN KANSAS OF OREGON VACATION....
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ALL OF THIS VOTER FRAUD, ANYBODY IN THEIR RIGHT
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MINDS NOTE IS COMING FROM REPUBLICANS. JUST LIKE WHEN BUSH WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE. I AM DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI AND THEY HAD 10,000 MORE VOTES THAN THE...
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A THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW -- THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS UPHELD THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW. CAN YOU ELABORATE? GUEST: I DO NOT WANT TO MISS B. A FEDERAL COURT...
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THAT IS THE LAST STATE HANGING IN THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN PLACE BEFORE ELECTION DAY. BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ON THAT....
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THERE ARE FIGURES THAT ACTUALLY SHOW
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THAT FEWER AFRICAN- AMERICANS AND FEW WERE LATINOS -- AND FEW WERE LATINOS HAVE GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. I DO NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP...
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IDENTIFICATION. BUT I HAVE TO GET AN ID. I WENT TO THE BANK AND I HAVE BEEN DOING BUSINESS
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WITH THIS BANK FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND A LADY PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME KIND OF A DEDICATION. WE CAN ... KIND...
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CALLER: I DO NOT THINK YOU NEED TO BRING ALL OF THAT STUFF. YOU CAN START SOMETHING
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IN THE END OF SOMETHING AND THEN SAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THESE IDENTIFICATION'S. HOST: THANK YOU, CALLER. AND YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, MS....
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THAT WAS BEING REVIEWED, I KNOW A NUMBER OF THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IN THAT STATE HAVE A LOT
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GUEST, -
OF ANECDOTAL STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH A LOT OF RED TAPE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DID NOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES...
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CONVENTION IN MY HOMETOWN OF HOUSTON,
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TEXAS, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO ENTER THE FACILITY TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, THEY HAD TO SHOW IDENTIFICATION TO HEAR THE SPEAKER. IT IS SUCH A FARCE ABOUT...
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GUEST, -
OF STATE IN KANSAS HAS BEEN NATIONALLY KNOWN AS AN ENERGETIC VOTER I.D. PROPOSED -- PROPONENT AND HE HAS ALSO BEEN KNOWN AS HAVING WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED...
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LOSS, CALIFORNIA BEING ONE. GUEST: I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE LAWS. AND THERE HAS
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BEEN A WORD THAT CALIFORNIA JUST PASSED A LAW -- EITHER THAT YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE OR REGISTERED THE DAY OF THE ELECTION OR IT MIGHT BE BOTH. CALIFORNIA...
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ALABAMA, OUR NEXT CALL IS FROM ALABAMA, DEMOCRATS LINE. CALLER: WHY DO YOU DOES NOT HAVE - I THINK IT WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF THE
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND IT WAS USED IN THE COURT CASE THAT THEY HAD WHERE HE MADE THE STATEMENT THAT THE VOTER I.D. LAW HAD TIES THAT WOULD GIVE...
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THE CALLER ASKED ABOUT THE SPACE OF ABOUT THE COURT CASE THAT WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET A RESPONSE. INDIANA, INDEPENDENT LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER:...
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UP WITH A FINGERPRINT OR I RECOGNITION? -- OR EYE RECOGNITION? HOST: WE WILL SEE IF OUR GUEST CAN RESPOND TO THAT. GUEST: I THINK I CARED MOST OF THE...
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SPEAK FOR LEGISLATORS BUT I KNOW THAT COST HAS BEEN AN
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ISSUE IN SOME PLACES. IN FACT, IN MINNESOTA, THE SECRETARY OF STATE I BELIEVE MADE SOME STATEMENT THAT THE VOTER I.D. LOW WOULD COST $50 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT....
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OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
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WHY ISN'T THERE AN INITIATIVE TO JUDGE -- TO JUST LAWS TO GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE AN ID? WHY DON'T YOU SEND THOSE RESOURCES PUTTING FORTH...
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GUEST, -
HE WAS SAYING THAT THE IDEAL SITUATION WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE IDEA THAT SOMEONE FROM THE GOVERNMENT KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR AND GIVE THEM AN...
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GUEST: MY UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD BE FOR 2013. HOST: TAYLOR, MICH., DEMOCRATS LINE, HELLO.
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GUEST, -
CALLER: I WANT TO THANK YOU CSPAN.
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HOST, -
MY UNCLE WAS A WORLD WAR TWO
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CALLER, -
VETERAN. FOR HIM TO FIGHT AGAINST THE NAZIS, THEY TOOK AWAY THE RIGHT TO VOTE. GEORGE BUSH WAS APPOINTED IN 2000. I DID NOT HEAR THE REPUBLICANS COMPLAIN...
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IT'S LIKE THE MAN FROM
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ALABAMA WHO SAID WE HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP FOR ROMNEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. GUEST: I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE DEBATE. THERE IS A VIDEO CIRCULATING OF A PIECE...
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SPEECH WHERE HE SEEMS TO BE MAKING THAT STATEMENT. THAT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS 0.2 AS PROOF -- POINT TO THAT THE DEBATE...
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CONSISTENCY. I TAKE A VOTING RIGHTS VERY SERIOUSLY.
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CALLER, -
JUST AS I TAKE GUN RIGHTS VERY SERIOUSLY. DO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT NOT HAVING TO SHOW I.D. TO VOTE ALSO SUPPORT NOT SHOWING IDEA TO PURCHASE A...
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SEEM TO HAVE DEMOCRATS TAKING A QUESTIONING LOOK AT THE VOTER I.D. LAWS. IN TERMS OF THE GUN DEBATE, YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE PUSHING MORE GUN CONTROL....
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HAVE A QUESTION AND A BRIEF COMMENT. MY QUESTION IS FOR YOUR GUEST. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF SHE KNOWS ANYTHING
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CALLER, -
ABOUT THE VOTER INTEGRITY PROJECT. MY COMMENT IS REGARDING GETTING A PHOTO ID FOR VOTING. IT REALLY CANNOT BE THAT DIFFICULT. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, WE HAVE...
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LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET. HOST: NOW THAT WE HAVE THE DECISION FROM PENNSYLVANIA, WHAT IS THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THIS STORY OF VOTER I.D. IN THE UNITED...
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WITH ELECTION DAY BEING SO CLOSE? GUEST: SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE LAST ONE THAT EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT. ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS SIDE OF THE
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DEBATE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AGAINST THE VOTER I.D. LAWS, THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY CAN XL BUT THEY FEEL HAPPY ABOUT THE COUPLE...
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