allegra chapman, your reaction. allegra: i am glad you played that clip because it is chilling what is going on in this country today. since 2010, 25 states have put more measures on the books when it comes to voting acts including some of these id provisions that aim to restrict the vote from black voters and tino voters and also absolutely have the disenfranchising effect the representative was talking about. the shelbyand decision eviscerated a lot of the protections we have in the voting rights act, we have seen states across the country unleash these photo id bills that have the aim of discriminating and we also have seen strong election reforms being cut from the books because legislators know that these laws do have an impact on getting people to come out and vote. what this hr-1 would do is ensure that we are bringing back the full protection of the voting rights act, that we are starting -- stopping states from participating in this kind of discrimination. host: i want to get your reaction to what the senate

allegra chapman, your reaction. legra: i am glad you played that clip because it is chilling what is going on in this country today. since 2010, 25 states have put more measures on the books when it comes to voting acts including some of these id provisions that aim to restrict the vote from black voters and tino voters and also absolutely have the disenfranchising effect the representative was talking about. the shelbyand decision eviscerated a lot of the protections we have in the voting rights act, we have seen states across the country unleash these photo id bills that have the aim of discriminating and we also have seen strong election reforms being cut from the books because legislators know that these laws do have an impact on getting people to come out and vote. what this hr-1 would do is ensure that we are bringing back the full protection of the voting rights act, that we are starting -- stopping states from participating in this kind of discrimination. host: i want to get your reaction to what the senate r

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