Video: A fight for US voting rights

 

 

 

 Fighting for the right to vote in the US election 
 

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 attempting 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.