voter intimidation
Suppressing ballot access
Voter intimidation is any attempt to coerce, threaten, or pressure people to vote a certain way or not vote at all.
It ranges from physical threats and harassment at polling places to subtler tactics like spreading misinformation about voting requirements or consequences.
In the United States, voter intimidation is a federal crime: Poll watchers were accused of voter intimidation after aggressively questioning voters about their eligibility.
- threatsDeclarations of intended harm
- poll taxesPer-person voting levies
- fearEmotional response to threat
- scare tacticsMethods using alarm to influence
- Jim Crow lawsPost-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
white supremacy · anxiety · coercion · misinformation · civil rights movements · election monitoring · election day · harassment · public shaming · literacy tests · whistleblower protections · electoral commissions · disenfranchisement · long lines · fearmongering · poll watchers · surveillance · social stigma
- votingballot, vote, voters, ballots, polls
- Voting Rightsenfranchisement, disenfranchisement, fair elections, poll taxes, literacy tests
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
- political dysfunctionmisrule, tyranny, authoritarianism, dictatorship, despotism
- voter suppressiondisenfranchisement, poll tax, poll taxes, literacy test, literacy tests
- electionsballot, ballots, candidates, polls, election day
voter intimidationvoter protection
Measures ensuring ballot access
voter assistance · enfranchisement · voter outreach · voter education · civic engagement
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