Hillary Clinton Calls Out Alabama for Closing Driver License Offices

Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Alabama Governor Robert Bentley for closing driver's license offices in thirty one counties. The former Secretary of State and First Lady points out the residents of those counties are mostly African-American. Alabama requires photo identification to vote. Clinton says she'd champion voting rights in the White House. She says Republicans are dismantling the progress of the civil rights movement, calling the office closures “…a blast from the Jim Crow past." Clinton also mocked Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush for their opposition to restoring Voting Rights Act provisions the Supreme Court struck down. About 700 people attended a luncheon for the state's largest black Democratic Party caucus. Republican Presidential hopeful have also visited Alabama. Click below for APR’s coverage.

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Pat Duggins is news director for Alabama Public Radio.