back in 1963, a long time ago, i was there for the march on washington with dr. martin luther king. [applause] and all of you know, everyone knows, that what the struggle was about was the voting rights that everybody in america, no matter what the color of your skin in america, has the right to vote. 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act. a major breakthrough. a year ago, there was a supreme court decision that undermined a lot of the voting rights act and now you have governors and legislatures all over this country --you know what they are trying to do? they are trying to make it harder for people to vote. for poor people, elderly people, for people of color. i think that is cowardly and i will tell you why. because they are afraid of a free and fair election. they don't want people who might vote against them to participate in the political process. [cheers] i believe that if someone is running for office or someone is governor, and they don't have the guts to allow a free and fair election, do you know what i think? they should get another job and get out of poli