VOTER SUPPRESSION: A THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY
What is Voter
Suppression?
Voter
suppression
refers to
tactics aimed
at
Issues:
discouraging
Over 17 million voters
or preventing
were purged from the
certain groups
rolls between 2016 and
of people from
2020.
voting, often
Voter ID laws
targeting
disproportionately
minorities,
impact Minorities, and
low-income
elderly voters.
communities,
In 2020, more than 200
and younger
polling places were
voters. These
closed
in Georgia alone,
Take
Action:
ways they use
making
harder
for
SupportitVoter
Rights
include strict
people to vote.
Legislation:
Advocate
voter ID laws,
for policies like the
gerrymandering
For the People Act to
, purging
protect voting rights
voter rolls,
nationwide.
limiting
Push for Voter
polling
Registration Reforms:
places, and
Encourage automatic
reducing early
voter registration and
voting
easier access to the
opportunities.
polls.
Challenge Suppressive
Laws: Speak out against
voter ID laws,
gerrymandering, and
other tactics aimed at
disenfranchising voters.