Some poll workers, apparently confused about the requirements in their state, were implementing illegal and restrictive voter identification requirements, turning away eligible voters who did not have identification.
The protesters called for a hearing in order to make their case against restrictive voter identification laws.
In May, as the first round of recalls were approaching, Republicans passed a restrictive voter identification law, which will reduce the number of low-income, minority and non-English speaking voters at the polls, thereby reducing Democratic turnout.
But in those four weeks, they passed a restrictive voter identification bill, bought enough time for Republicans to organise their campaigns, and passed a lopsided redistricting plan intended to help Republicans win elections for the next ten years.
What Mr. Obama wants to achieve this term is pretty clear: a fiscal deal and overhauls of gun and immigration laws, steps to address climate change and less restrictive voter identification laws.
Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina pushed back hard against the Obama administration on Monday, saying that a lawsuit by the Justice Department over the state's restrictive voter identification laws was a politically influenced overreach.
This was due to restrictive voter identification laws, district gerrymandering and state-level laws that disenfranchise people convicted of felonies, it said.
On Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office -- a nonpartisan investigative agency -- released a study showing that, of the states it examined, those that had enacted restrictive voter identification laws experienced sharper reductions in election turnout than those that did not.
The leading Republican candidate to replace Wisconsin's retiring attorney general is trying to raise money off a judge's decision that tossed out the restrictive voter identification law his party pushed.
