Voter Suppression

Voter suppression refers to the devious use of governmental power, political campaign strategy, and resources aimed at suppressing (i.e. reducing) the total vote of opposition candidacies instead of attempting to change likely voting behavior by changing the opinions of potential voters. VOTER SUPPRESSION BY GOVERNMENTAL POWER In the United States , voter suppression was used extensively in some Southern State s until the Voting Rights Act ( 1965 ) made most disenfranchisement and voting qualifications illegal. Traditional voter suppression tactics included the institution of poll taxes and literacy tests, aimed at suppressing the votes of African Americans and working class white voters. Measures in place in seven U.S. states ban released Felon s from voting; some allege that this is a tactic aimed at suppressing voter turnout. Occasionally, as in Florida in the 2000 Presidential Election , some non-felons are banned due to Record-keeping Errors and are not warned of their disqualification before they have the right to contest it.
	In The	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/2002_New_Hampshire_Senate_election_phone_jamming_scandal" class="copylinks">2002 New Hampshire Senate Election Phone Jamming Scandal , Republican officials attempted to reduce the number of Democratic voters by paying professional telemarketers in Idaho to make repeated hang-up calls to block Democrats' ride-to-the-polls phone lines on election day {Link without Title}

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