Editing Voter suppression (section)

== Impact ==
Some argue the term 'voter suppression' downplays the harm done when voices are not reflected in an election, calling for terms like 'vote destruction' that accounts for the permanence of each vote not being cast.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Litt |title=Democracy in one book or less : how it works, why it doesn't, and why fixing it is easier than you think |date=2020 |publisher=Ecco |isbn=978-0-06-287936-3 |edition=First |location=New York |oclc=1120147424}}</ref> Making it harder to vote for people who have been given the right, can lead to [[voter fatigue]]. Skewing the electorate jeopardizes the [[wisdom of the crowd]], and the decision-making benefits it brings. Suppression does not require intent. Analyzing the turnout of eligible voters provides a partial way to study cumulative voter suppression impacts under specific conditions, though other avenues such as [[election subversion]], [[gerrymandering]], and [[corruption]], cannot always be captured by [[voter turnout]] metrics. Additionally, some of the rules that end up suppressing votes can also be used as a [[pretext]] for [[Election subversion|throwing out votes]], even when [[Electoral fraud|voter fraud]] is extremely rare.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Rusch |first=Elizabeth |title=You call this democracy? : how to fix our government and deliver power to the people |date=2020 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |isbn=978-0-358-17692-3 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |oclc=1124772479}}</ref>