WEBVTT 00:00.366 --> 00:01.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: THE SENATE 00:01.000 --> 00:02.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FAILED TO EVEN OPEN DEBATE ON 00:02.733 --> 00:04.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEW FEDERAL VOTING PROTECTIONS 00:04.200 --> 00:06.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS PAST WEEK. 00:06.366 --> 00:07.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS COMES AS GET OUT THE VOTE 00:07.766 --> 00:09.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EVENTS ARE RAMPING UP BEFORE 00:09.266 --> 00:11.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 2 THAT 00:11.066 --> 00:12.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INCLUDE GOVERNORS RACES IN NEW 00:12.566 --> 00:14.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JERSEY AND VIRGINIA. 00:14.066 --> 00:15.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I SPOKE WITH JUDITH BROWNE 00:15.166 --> 00:17.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DIANIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 00:17.166 --> 00:19.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, A CIVIL 00:19.000 --> 00:20.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES 00:20.533 --> 00:22.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND VOTING 00:22.200 --> 00:24.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHTS ISSUES. 00:24.033 --> 00:25.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO, JUDITH, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT 00:25.566 --> 00:27.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A TIME WHERE VOTING RIGHTS ARE 00:27.833 --> 00:29.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHANGING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 00:29.466 --> 00:32.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND WE SEEM 00:32.533 --> 00:34.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO HAVE A SENATE THAT DOESN'T 00:34.866 --> 00:36.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, 00:36.466 --> 00:37.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DOESN'T WANT TO DEBATE THIS. 00:37.800 --> 00:39.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO, HOW DO YOU MOVE FORWARD ON A 00:39.866 --> 00:41.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STATE-BY-STATE BASIS? 00:41.333 --> 00:43.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WELL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, 00:43.133 --> 00:45.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE'RE SUING EVERYWHERE. 00:45.600 --> 00:47.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REMEMBER, THE SUPREME COURT 00:47.666 --> 00:48.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DEALT A BLOW TO THE VOTING 00:48.800 --> 00:51.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHTS ACT IN THE SHELBY COUNTY 00:51.333 --> 00:53.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CASE BACK IN 2013. 00:53.533 --> 00:55.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY ALSO DEALT ANOTHER BLOW TO 00:55.333 --> 00:57.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT JUST THIS 00:57.500 --> 00:59.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PAST SESSION. 00:59.233 --> 01:01.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, IT'S MADE IT HARDER FOR 01:01.233 --> 01:02.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% US TO PROVE DISCRIMINATION IN 01:02.833 --> 01:04.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COURT, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THIS. 01:04.266 --> 01:06.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE'RE STILL FIGHTING USING 01:06.600 --> 01:07.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT'S LEFT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS 01:07.766 --> 01:10.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ACT AND USING THE CONSTITUTION. 01:10.566 --> 01:12.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH EASIER 01:12.466 --> 01:15.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IF THE SENATE WOULD MOVE TO 01:15.333 --> 01:16.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RESTORE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 01:16.700 --> 01:17.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING 01:17.966 --> 01:20.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT AND BY 01:20.166 --> 01:22.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PASSING THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT, 01:22.633 --> 01:24.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHICH WOULD GIVE US STANDARDS 01:24.566 --> 01:26.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR HOW WE RUN ELECTIONS ACROSS 01:26.500 --> 01:27.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE COUNTRY. 01:27.466 --> 01:28.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: WHAT TO YOU IS 01:28.800 --> 01:30.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AT STAKE AT THE CORE OF ALL 01:30.100 --> 01:30.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS? 01:30.933 --> 01:31.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> I DON'T THINK I'M BEING 01:31.866 --> 01:33.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALARMIST TO SAY THAT OUR 01:33.633 --> 01:37.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL RIGHT NOW. 01:37.233 --> 01:38.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT ONLY HAVE WE SEEN THE 01:38.966 --> 01:42.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WEAKENING OF VOTING RIGHTS LAWS, 01:42.566 --> 01:44.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE SAW AN INSURRECTION ON 01:44.500 --> 01:46.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JANUARY 6. 01:46.633 --> 01:49.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE HAVE SEEN AN UPBEAT IN ISSUES 01:49.833 --> 01:53.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND LIES ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND 01:53.666 --> 01:56.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE OUTCOME OF OUR ELECTIONS, 01:56.800 --> 01:58.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHICH HAS CALLED INTO QUESTION 01:58.333 --> 02:01.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS 02:01.700 --> 02:04.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH AUDITS AND LAWSUITS, ETC. 02:04.400 --> 02:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST 02:06.633 --> 02:08.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT THE ELECTIONS, BUT 02:08.066 --> 02:10.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REDISTRICTING IS UPON US AND 02:10.066 --> 02:12.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STATES ARE STARTING TO MOVE. 02:12.133 --> 02:13.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING, EVEN IF 02:13.466 --> 02:15.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF TEXAS, 02:15.366 --> 02:16.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHICH ALWAYS HAS A PROBLEM WITH 02:16.900 --> 02:19.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REDISTRICTING, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN 02:19.266 --> 02:21.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IS THAT THE LATINO POPULATION 02:21.833 --> 02:24.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY BY ABOUT 02:24.166 --> 02:26.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TWO MILLION PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE 02:26.300 --> 02:30.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN 02:30.033 --> 02:31.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEIR POWER, THEIR POLITICAL 02:31.300 --> 02:31.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POWER. 02:31.966 --> 02:34.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE 02:34.766 --> 02:37.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GOING TO BE A MAJORITY PEOPLE OF 02:37.900 --> 02:39.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY AT SOME 02:39.466 --> 02:42.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POINT, BUT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE 02:42.166 --> 02:45.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO EXERCISE OUR POWER IN WAYS 02:45.366 --> 02:47.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT MIRRORS OUR NUMBERS. 02:47.366 --> 02:48.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: BEYOND THE 02:48.000 --> 02:50.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE IN 02:50.033 --> 02:51.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE CROSSHAIRS OF THOSE WHO ARE 02:51.600 --> 02:53.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TRYING TO DECREASE ACCESS TO THE 02:53.933 --> 02:57.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POLLS, WHY DOES THIS SERIES OF 02:57.533 --> 03:00.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHALLENGES ON STATE LEVEL MATTER 03:00.300 --> 03:01.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO ALL VOTERS? 03:01.666 --> 03:02.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WELL, IT SHOULD MATTER 03:02.900 --> 03:04.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTRY 03:04.533 --> 03:07.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IS ONLY GOING TO BE AT ITS BEST 03:07.266 --> 03:11.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IF WE ALL HAVE A SAY IN CHOOSING 03:11.500 --> 03:13.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US SO 03:13.533 --> 03:15.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT OUR INTERESTS CAN BE MET 03:15.800 --> 03:17.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHETHER WE LIVE IN LOW-INCOME 03:17.466 --> 03:19.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEIGHBORHOODS OR WE LIVE IN RICH 03:19.366 --> 03:21.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER OR NOT WE 03:21.600 --> 03:24.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT POLICING OR 03:24.466 --> 03:25.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHILD CARE. 03:25.666 --> 03:27.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE SEEING 03:27.166 --> 03:28.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS A POWER 03:28.866 --> 03:32.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GRAB THAT IS DISADVANTAGING MANY 03:32.966 --> 03:35.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY WILL 03:35.100 --> 03:37.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONTINUE TO BE ON THE LOSING 03:37.700 --> 03:41.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SIDE OF ELECTIONS AND MAKING 03:41.100 --> 03:44.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEIR VOICES SILENCED. 03:44.466 --> 03:45.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: WHAT ARE THE 03:45.600 --> 03:49.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ISSUES THAT YOU FIND MOST 03:49.000 --> 03:50.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THREATENING WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS 03:50.266 --> 03:51.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE LANDSCAPE, ACROSS THE 03:51.266 --> 03:52.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COUNTRY AND ALL OF THESE 03:52.366 --> 03:53.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DIFFERENT RULES THAT ARE WORKING 03:53.700 --> 03:55.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEIR WAY THROUGH LEGISLATURES? 03:55.466 --> 03:57.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> IN GEORGIA, WHERE ADVANCEMENT 03:57.200 --> 03:59.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROJECT HAS LITIGATION, THERE'S 03:59.566 --> 04:01.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A PROVISION IN THAT LAW THAT 04:01.066 --> 04:06.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALLOWS FOR THE STATE TO REMOVE 04:06.766 --> 04:08.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS IF THEY 04:08.633 --> 04:09.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THINK THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR 04:09.733 --> 04:10.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOB. 04:10.833 --> 04:13.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT 04:13.066 --> 04:15.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IF THE CALL COMES FROM A 04:15.700 --> 04:17.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PRESIDENT WHO SAYS THAT HE'S 04:17.733 --> 04:20.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOOKING FOR 11,000 VOTES, THAT 04:20.666 --> 04:22.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN FACT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS 04:22.800 --> 04:24.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT THE STATE COULD REMOVE THE 04:24.566 --> 04:26.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PERSON WHO SAID "I'M NOT GOING 04:26.200 --> 04:28.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO LOOK FOR 11,000 VOTES BECAUSE 04:28.333 --> 04:29.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THERE IS INTEGRITY IN OUR 04:29.500 --> 04:31.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ELECTION AND I RAN THE ELECTION 04:31.033 --> 04:32.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WELL," THAT THEY COULD REMOVE 04:32.833 --> 04:34.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT PERSON. 04:34.600 --> 04:36.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, I AM VERY CONCERNED 04:36.866 --> 04:38.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT THAT, ALONG WITH ALL OF 04:38.666 --> 04:40.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT 04:40.300 --> 04:40.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN OUR WAY. 04:40.966 --> 04:43.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THESE BARRIERS TO THE BALLOT BOX 04:43.333 --> 04:44.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE DISCONCERTING. 04:44.933 --> 04:45.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: JUDITH BROWNE 04:45.633 --> 04:47.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DIANIS OF THE ADVANCEMENT 04:47.000 --> 04:47.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROJECT. 04:47.466 --> 04:48.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 04:48.766 --> 04:49.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> THANK YOU.