sufficient time and resources to the process of organizing an election, then the lines aren't too long and there are not frustrations about getting polling places open, machines working, that enough people are not dissuaded from voting by the difficulty of trying to vote, itself, that the election outcome is affected by the difficulty of voting. then maybe the smooth running of the process of voting doesn't make a huge difference in the outcome in states when the result is a blowout, but in 2008, as you heard the tea party guy say, the election in north carolina was decided by a teeny, teeny, teeny, tiny margin of 14,000 votes. with the margin that slim, and remember, the polls right now in north carolina are straight up, a straight-up tie, with a margin that tight, nianything that mak it harder to vote in north carolina could change the outcome in north carolina and therefore change the outcome of the presidential race. anything that makes it harder, either because people are told they are dead when they pr nare and have to prove otherwise or