ari berman, welcome to democrary nonow!ain how 300,000 people in wisconsin alone can be blocked from voting. >> thank you for having me. as you mentioned, nearly 10% of the electorate in wisconsin lack a government issued photo id. there's a crate -- the racial discrimination. many of these people do not have birth certificates are cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars to get the birth certificate. an 89-year-old woman who is been voting since 1948, and she would have to pay $200 to change the misspelled made name on her breast certificate. that is what we stood call a poll tax. students are being targeted by wisconsin. most student ids are not accepted, including the entire wisconsin university system. they would have to issue separate ids. it is very burdensome. these are some of the barriers in wisconsin, not only that, but open five 92dmv's are days a week. there lots of issues heading up to this crucial primary. talking about the scott -- wisconsin being one of the most important battleground states. and you guys sa

well, for all this and more, we're joined by ari berman.e is a senior contributing writer for the nation where he covers voting rights. his latest book "give us the , ballot: the modern struggle for voting rights in america." democracy now! welcome to you wrote a -- welcome to democracy now! you wrote of he's called, "27% of new york's registered voters won't be able to vote in the state's primary." can you explain this? >> newly one third of new yorkers cannot participate in the primary because they're not registered with the democratic or republican party and new york at some of the most restrictive voter registration laws in the country as you mentioned. people had to change the party affiliations back in october when no one was paying attention to the new york primary. people had to register to vote 25 days before the election before any candidate had campaigned in new york. and beyond that, new york has some of the worst voting laws in the country. unlike 37 states, we do not have early voting. unlike 15 states, we do not have election