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Florida’s voter purge gained a new supporter yesterday when GOP Senator Marco Rubio, a potential VP candidate for Romney, defended the purge. Now, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is preparing to sign a voter ID law for his state. With the war on voting spreading and election season getting closer, Nation writer Ari Berman went on the Ed Show to explain the stakes.

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