Britannica: any legal or extralegal measure or strategy whose purpose or practical effect is to reduce voting, or registering to vote, by members of a targeted racial group, political party, or religious community. The overwhelming majority of victims of voter suppression in the United States have been African Americans.
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- Bans on same day or mail in voting
- Passing vague laws about voting that confuse even the police/sheriff
- Shortened deadlines to register to vote
- Voter purges with no notice
- Asking of photo ID to vote, which a number of eligible voters do not have
- Banning water given to voters waiting several hours in line to vote
- Insufficient voting machines for the # of voters (often in majority minority districts)
- Insufficient poll workers, also creating long lines to vote
- Reducing # of Drop Boxes to Vote by Mail
- Using damaged/malfunctioning voting machines that take hours to fix on election day, with no extension to hours polling location is open to vote
- Restrictions on voter registration
- Restrictions on assisting people to register and to vote
- Frequent changing of poll locations - including up to the day of the election with little or notice to the voters
- Sending out malicious misinformation about voting
- Banning formerly incarcerated people from voting
- Claims that if you have a parking infraction or owe child support, you can not vote or will be arrested if you do
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