the republicans have been up to this for a long long time we just showed this clip of paul weyrich from one nine hundred eighty when they officially announced to themselves that this is what they were all and of course they'd been doing it for a long time then. but didn't the voting rights act make a lot of this illegal i mean hasn't the republican party been operating under a restraining order for decades i don't just blame on the republican policy the most politicians want to win period but some of them have the wherewithal to say that is important to the integrity of the role that i'm running for to make sure that as many americans as possible have the opportunity to participate. don't keer they just really want to make sure they win the election they want to get the seat they want to be in charge they want to be able to what they're doing the bottom line is that it and it because the very trust that the american people need in the system for the system to be effective what we've seen happen and you're right the voting rights act of one nine hundred sixty five was set in place to act