61 Forms of Voter Suppression
Strict voter photo ID laws
Closing of DMV’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 on 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
37. Barriers to assistance by family members or others for voters
38. Deceptive practices
• Flyers
• Robocalls
39. Voter intimidation
• Impersonating law enforcement personnel or immigration officers
40. Police at polling places
41. Racial gerrymandering
42. Creating polling place confusion by splitting Black precincts
43. Partisan gerrymandering
44. Barriers for homeless voters to voter registration
45. Voter caging
• Use of One-Time Post cards/Mailers
46. Voter challengers at polls
47. Voter challenges to voter registration lists
48. Use of Suspense lists
49. Absentee Ballot Short Return Deadlines
50. Exact match requirements for signatures or other information
51. Complicated Absentee Ballot Requirements
52. Proof of Citizenship Laws
513 Out-of-precinct = no vote counted requirements
54. Failure to pre-register 17 year olds
55. Restrictions on straight-party voting
56. Interstate voter registration Crosscheck system
57. Jailed persons’ preconviction: denied right to register and/or vote
58. DOJ demanding voter records
59. Employers not providing time off or enough time
60. Failure to assist or accommodate voters displaced by natural disasters
61. Long lines
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