and barbara arnwein, president and director for the lawyers committee of civil rights under the law. here tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> thank you. >> jonathan voting rights was a huge political battleground in 2012. will it be a fight again in 2016? >> well certainly, one, because a lot of people are mindful of the restrictions on the access to voting in plenty of states. but also because the people secretary clinton listed there, people of color and young people who are being denied the franchise and restricted from voting they are two of the pillars of really the democratic coalition, which is why you have republican governors and republican legislatures trying to limit their ability to vote. politically, it's a brilliant thing that hillary clinton is doing. but also, from patriotically, it is the right thing to do. i mean it's one person one vote in this country. everyone should have the right to vote. everyone it should be a bipartisan issue. but clearly it isn't. >> it is a nonpartisan issue. barbara, you and i and many in the civil rights community helped to really make this an i