Conversely, if local and federal challenges to voter ID laws are successful, and Obama wins a tight re-election race, the belief on the right that felons and illegal immigrants cast crucial ballots will be reinforced.
If Democrats want to be upset about something, they should turn their attention to felon and ex-felon voting restrictions.
City officials in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, New York, and Atlanta have been repeatedly challenged to take action to end employer discrimination against ex-felons.
The law would also deny citizenship to felons.
When it came to felons' gun rights, the legislation essentially left the matter up to states.
Through public scrutiny, legal challenges, and mobilization of poll watchers, it was able to counter election manipulation, voter suppression, black box voting irregularities, and to begin restoring voting rights to felons who had served their terms.
The "warning shot" protection does not extend to felons.
The DNA profiles Denver had found belonged to felons in Oregon, Arizona and California.
In the last few years, the NAACP, along with the Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have worked in various states to challenge laws barring felons from voting.
