al jazeera robert gray is live in atlanta. what exactly is the law and what is the debate? >> it has been good for everyone, no complaints there is a really big overhaul in the year 2000. that helped barack obama to capture that state in his first term in 2008. but a republican majority house and senate came in, in 2012 and changed that, along with the governor pat mcrory they created a single bill that basically in one stroke, eliminated same day registration, for voters also reduced early voting days and if you are 16 or 17-year-old kid that is going to turn 18, you could do some preregistration, so you would be all set to do a vote. they are requiring everybody to have a state issued i.d. some elderly people don't have that. so groups like the naacp and student groups, are suing the state of north carolina. if they decide to hold off this voter i.d. law, this will go to trial in 2015. the president of the ncaa o naacp rather, north carolina spoke to about 1,000 people yesterday, winston salem, here is what he had to say. >> it is all out attack on the right to vote, and