The purpose behind Republican voter intimidation is both to keep anyone who might doubt their legitimacy from voting and, more importantly, to provide substantiation, however flimsy, that voter fraud is real. I'm sure that twenty votes statewide didn't tip any elections, but it will be guaranteed to be a major issue among Republican politicians.

The overwhelming majority of actual voter fraud indictments over the last couple of decades have been Republicans. That didn't stop the ongoing accusations of Democrats "bussing in" unregistered aliens, (with accompanying photos of busses lined up at a large sporting event offered as proof) to vote for Obama in '08. Even after being disproved, the die-hard Republicans still swear it's a major problem and get behind some truly unAmerican legislation to curb a mostly non-existent problem.

Florida is also the location for many "second homes" for wealthy Republicans. Is De Santis equally concerned about how many of those might vote in both places where they have residences? I highly doubt it, although it is likely a larger issue than the number of former felons voting. Ditto for Arizona and Missouri, or any state where the wealthy like to spend part of their time.

In Pheonix, it is difficult to get school funding referendums passed because of the large numbers of "vacation" residents that vote against anything that might raise their tax bill. I'm pretty sure there is considerable voter crossover in national elections as well in such areas.