WBTV:

Kaine’s criticism came during an exclusive interview with WBTV following at rally in Asheville Monday night aimed at highlighting the jobs plan recently unveiled by the Clinton campaign.

The Democratic senator from Virginia, who once worked as a civil rights attorney, doubled down a claim made during a recent campaign stop in Greensboro that the recent 4th Circuit ruling overturning the voter ID law could lead to as many as 100,000 additional voters turning out to the polls in November.

When asked where the 100,000 figure came from, Kaine said it was a figure being used across the state. A campaign spokesman later pointed to an estimate from the NAACP and Democracy N.C. that at least 100,000 more North Carolina residents would be eligible to vote as a result of the voter ID law being overturned.

I think nailing such numbers down is very difficult—but also misses the point. The question is why the state should be able to burden voters’ rights for no good reason—or, in the case of North Carolina, for a racially discriminatory purpose.