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The small town of Sparta, Georgia made headlines earlier this year over accusations the county board of elections targeted black voters to purge them from voters rolls. We hear one voter’s account of what happened. Then, this type of action would have once needed the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice a few years ago. But that changed in 2013 when the Supreme Court struck down a key provision in the Voting Rights Act. So, what affect will all this have in the upcoming election in Georgia? We talk with writer Ari Berman of The Nation and election expert David Becker.