How is poll watching voter intimidation? If no one is doing anything untoward, who would possibly be intimidated? I mean, is highway patrol presence on our highways intimidating... for those who do not speed?
I'm sure you also recall that much of the redistricting conducted in the United States in the early 1990s involved the intentional creation of additional "majority-minority" districts where racial minorities such as African Americans were packed into the majority. This "maximization policy" ensured that African Americans could concentrate their power and meant that minority representatives elected as Democrats from these constituencies would have safe seats. Otherwise, as minorities their power was diluted and they had fewer representatives in Congress.