Editing Voter suppression (section)

{{short description|Strategy designed to restrict specific groups of people from voting}}
[[File:Voters at the voting booths in 1945.jpg|thumb|[[Voting|Voters]] at [[voting booth]]s in the United States in 1945]]
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'''Voter suppression''' are tactics used to discourage or prevent specific groups of people from [[voting]] or registering to vote. It is distinguished from [[political campaigning]] in that campaigning attempts to change likely voting behavior by changing the opinions of potential voters through persuasion and organization, activating otherwise inactive voters, or registering new supporters. Voter suppression, instead, attempts to gain an advantage by reducing the [[Voter turnout|turnout]] of certain voters. Suppression is an anti-democratic tactic associated with [[authoritarianism]].

The tactics of voter suppression range from changes that increase [[voter fatigue]], to [[Electoral fraud#Intimidation|intimidating]] or [[Political violence|harming prospective voters]].