Saturday, October 25, 2014

Bill 'Moyers & Company': The Fight — and the Right — to Vote

Full Show: The Fight — and the Right — to Vote
October 24, 2014 - This past weekend, the Supreme Court upheld Texas’ harsh voter ID law for the upcoming midterm elections, potentially disenfranchising some 600,000 mostly black and Latino voters.

The Lone Star state’s voter ID law is part of a nationwide effort to suppress the vote, nurtured by the right’s desire to hold onto power, as demographic changes are altering the electoral landscape. In the last four years, close to half the states in the US have passed laws restricting the right to vote, the most fundamental principle of democracy. read more>>>

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