Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press this Sunday (at minute 3:40 at the link) shows how little he knows of voting issues:

“there is a heck of a lot of voter suppression around the country even in Democratic district and Republican districts…..because Secretaries of State control where the voting booths are and who gets to vote under what circumstances, we ought to change that.

And he wants to give the power of location of polling booths to who?  the federal government?  Tom Brokaw should stick with the World War II greatest generation nostalgia and not try to opine on why Section 5 may still remain relevant today.  After 50 years in the press and politics business, he really has no clue on the fundamentals of elections.  He should do a documentary to educate himself.  I doubt he can point to Secretaries of State across the country that actually choose the location of polling places in counties or cities much less where the voting booths will be located within a polling place like some fashion designer. 
The Left really has no idea that elections are essentially a local issue run by local election officials.  More importantly, the determination on who is eligible or ineligible to vote is largely one determined by the state constitution or duly passed individual state laws.  So again contrary to the wisdom of Mr. Brokaw, Secretaries of State have little to do with the eligibility of voters set by the state legislatures or state constitutions.  Tom Brokaw has been hanging around the MSNBC studios too long.