Republican Voter Suppression: A Guide To 12 Dirty Tricks And How To Fight Back

The Wisconsin Voter Purge Is a Bad Idea - Brennan Center

New SAVE Act Bills Will Block Millions of Americans From Voting - Brennan Center

When you can't win fair, cheat.

That's the Republican playbook. Learn to recognize the top 12 Republican dirty tricks Republicans use to deny Americans their right to vote and how you can help fight back.

"Wisconsin dumped 192,000 voters from the rolls. When I downloaded the L2 list it had 190,000 Black Voters in Milwaukee; when we looked at the actually list, only 86,000 were Active (meaning they can actually vote).. We are starting phonebanks to the people who were purged." - Andrea Miller, Center for Common Ground.

Republican vote suppression dirty tricks

What is a Voter Purge?

• When a state or county conducts a program to systematically remove people from its list of registered voters, this is called “voter list maintenance.”
• Aggressive removal of voters has also become a key strategy for politicians and political operatives trying to suppress the vote.
• These types of removals can disenfranchise eligible voters, are sometimes unlawfu.

Wrongful voter purges undermine the right to vote and often target and disproportionately impact voters of color, low-income voters, and young people. In addition, wrongful purges can impact election results, especially in state and local elections decided by a small number of votes.

The challenge to combating wrongful purges is that many residents do not find out they were purged from the voter rolls until they are trying to cast their ballot. At that point, it can be too late to fix the problem. - Southern Coalition

Center for Common Ground

The Center for Common Ground is a non-partisan, Black and women-led voting rights organization founded in 2018. It works to conter voter suppression states where more than 20% of voters are voters of color – Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. Collaborating with local partners, it strives to mobilize ALL voters of color, both those who consistently participate in elections and those who have yet to exercise their right to vote.

TakeAway: Volunteer to fight Republican voter suppression. Democracy isn't a spectator sport.

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