likely to pass voter i.d. and other restrictions on the franchise. likewise, states with unencumbered republican majorities and large black populations were especially likely to pass restrictive measures. their broad conclusion, in other words, is that these laws are the result of fierce partisan competition. and this, julian, i guess, for me is the problem. i am a fan of, if you get elected, you have the right the right to govern. but you don't have the right to restrict the ability of people to hold you accountable, by either saying, we would like to return you to office or take you out of office. >> it's a remarkable development. 50 years ago, this country was in a heated, bloody fight with the right to vote. that culminated with the voting rights act, lyndon johnson, the 89th congress, where the government, the whole point was the federal government guarantee that those kinds of restrictions could not happen.