Art by Eve Faulkes

Access and Intimidation

What would keep you from voting?

Though voter intimidation and access interference is prohibited under federal law, it still occurs in subtle and overt ways. Federal law states that “no person . . . shall intimidate, threaten, coerce . . . any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of [that] person to vote or to vote as he may choose.” 

Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution  allows states to block citizens from voting based on “rebellion, or other crime” without losing seats in the House of Representatives. 

Voter Intimidation may include:

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