72 Forms of Voter Suppression

Strict voter photo ID laws

Closing ofDMV's in strict voter ID law states

Failure to accept government-issued state university and college student ID's

No early voting

Early voting cuts

No Sunday Souls to the Polls Early Voting

Harsh requirements/punishments for voter registration groups

Tough Deputy Registrar Requirements

Harsh voter registration compliance deadlines

Failure to timely process voter registrations

Cuts to Election Day (Same Day) registration

Polling place reductions or consolidations

Polling place relocations

Inadequate or poorly trained staffing at polls

Inadequate number of functioning machines, optical scanners, or electronic polling books

Running out of ballots at polling sites

No paper ballots

Failure to accept Native American tribal IDs

Barring Native American voters through residential address requirements for Native American lands which have PO Boxes

Failure to place polling sites on Native American lands

Refusal to place polling sites on college campuses

Lack of available public transportation to polling sites

Excessive Voter purging

Disparate racial treatment at polling sites

Student voting restrictions - Residency

Ex-felon disenfranchisement laws

Requiring Payment of Fines or Fees as Condition of Vote Restoration

Failure to Inform Formerly Incarcerated Persons of their Voting Rights or Eligibility to Vote

Excessive Use of Inactive voter lists

No Public Outreach or Notification to Voters Placed or Inactive lists

Language discrimination - Failure to accommodate

Lack of language-accessible materials

Failure to accommodate voters with disabilities

No disability accessibility

No Curbside Voting

Not enough disability accessible voting equipment

Barriers to assistance by family members or others for voters

Deceptive practices: Flyers • Robocalls

Voter intimidation • Impersonating law enforcement personnel or immigration officers

Police at polling places

Racial gerrymandering

Creating polling place confusion by splitting Black precincts

Partisan gerrymandering

Barriers for homeless voters to voter registration

Voter caging - use of one-time Postcards/Mailers

Voter challengers at polls

Voter challenges to voter registration lists

Use of Suspense lists

Absentee Ballot Short Return Deadlines

Exact match requirements for signatures or other information

Voter challengers at polls

Voter challenges to voter registration lists

Use of Suspense lists

Absentee Ballot Short Return Deadlines

Exact match requirements for signatures or other information

Complicated Absentee Ballot Requirements

Proof of Citizenship Laws

Out-of-precinct = no vote counted requirements

Failure to pre-register 17 year olds

Restrictions on straight-party voting

Interstate voter registration Crosscheck system

Jailed persons' pre-conviction: denied right to register and/or vote

DOJ demanding voter records

Employers not providing time off or enough time

Failure to assist or accommodate voters displaced by natural disasters

Long lines

Blocking Board of Elections from accepting grant money to improve efficiencies

Criminalizing private citizens from giving food, water, and other assistance to voters in long lines 64.

State legislators taking over local election boards for partisan purposes

Proposing or passing legislation to require fingerprints in order to vote

Undermining citizen ballot initiatives for independent or less partisan redistricting

Requiring formerly incarcerate persons whose rights have been restored in the state of their offense to now pay fines, fees and restitution prior to restoration of the right to vote in a new state to which they have moved (Jim Crow 2.0)

Bans on dropbox / limiting the numbers of the dropboxes / limiting the hours of access to drop box locations to make them inaccessible before and after work

Criminalizing and prohibiting private groups from giving out applications for absentee or vote by mail ballots

Court sanctioned closure of polling locations without public note

Election Boards refusing to certify elections due to “Stop the Steal” myths about dominion voting machines

Foreign governments interfering with elections by spreading false information and racial conflicts and pretending to be African American voters to discourage Voter participation

Martin Luther King said, “The denial of this sacred right is a tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition.

And so our most urgent request to the President of the United States and every member of Congress is to give us the right to vote,” King Jr. said.

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