WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said during his inauguration speech on Monday that it was up to this generation to carry on the work of previous civil rights icons in ensuring everyone had access to the polling place.
"Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote," Obama said in his speech. Obama had said on election night that the country had to "fix" the problem of long voting lines and the Justice Department is currently looking for ways to make voting easier.
Voting rights advocates saw the shout-out as an good sign.
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