-Posted By Brett Brownell on Up with Chris Hayes
December 10, 2011- Thirty-eight states introduced legislation this year to curb voter fraud. But the laws could prevent millions of Americans from voting, and according to this DNC chart you're more likely to get hit by lightning than encounter voter fraud. And you're WAY more likely to spot a UFO…
Ben Jealous, our guest and NAACP President & CEO says these new laws, such as requiring voters to have I.D. are "like the poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause… just a newfangled kind of legalistic version of that."
Watch our discussion on voter rights to find out more:
