On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honor him by checking in on his legacy. Following Dr. King's historic marches for voting rights in March of 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the highly contested "Voting Rights Bill" into law. Today, almost sixty years later, many still fight for access to the ballot box.

Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill joins News 12 to discuss those efforts and leading the charge to see that every eligible citizen can easily register, and every registered voter can conveniently vote.