Fighting for the right to vote in US elections - 01 Nov 08

  • 12 years ago
The US presidential campaign has resulted in millions of newly registered voters. Many of them are African-Americans who traditionally vote for Democrats.

That has led to accusations that the Republican Party is resorting to various tactics in order to illegally suppress those votes - especially in key battleground states.

Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher has more from Indiana.

Bob Fitrakis, an elections expert, lawyer and professor of journalism, also discusses the issue.

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