Index Of Reported Incidents

Each incident has its own page with full details and discussion. Please add more as you discover them! Text and video instructins on how to report an incident are at the bottom of the page, below the index.

Also, check out the discussion forum. Seen something around the blogosphere we should be tracking? Please add it here! First-person experiences? Start up a new thread and tell us about them!

National Our Vote Live feed from the Election Protection hotline Veterans Administration blocks voter registration Voter database glitches could disenfranchise thousands Brennan Center list of Nationwide Vote Suppression Incidents Alabama Republican Party stops legal voter registration in prisons Colorado El Paso County Recorder sends misleading flyer to college president Denver and Boulder applications rejected over unchecked "verify me" box Colorado: 18,000 ballots not mailed to voters in Denver Florida Vote caging in 5 counties Voters told they could vote by phone Voter suppression activities reported in Palm Beach County Absentee Ballots rejected for signature matching. People being forced ot take provisional ballots due to administrative issues	Georgia Improper ID checks of newly-registered voters? Georgia voters told they had already voted Indiana GOP Seeks "Extra Scrutiny" of Early/Absentee Ballots in Marion County (Indianapolis) Poll locations changed without notice to voters Lake County battle to allow "satellite" early voting in Gary, etc. Missouri Six Kansas City precincts received the wrong poll books UPDATED: Secretary of State warns of deceptive texts and robocalls Michigan GOP Threatens To Use Foreclosure Lists To Challenge Votes Nevada Nevada Robo Calls Targeting Latinos New York Absentee ballots misprint reads "Barack Osama" North Carolina Straight-ticket votes don't count for Presidential race Ohio Absentee ballot application causes invalid Republican applications Voters in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) and Franklin County (Columbus)	Pennsylvania Philadelphia: Flyers Target Local Colleges Racial smears in Bethlehem, PA Black Panthers Block Polling Place False Polling Relocation Calls in Lancaster County South Carolina Elections officials lack knowledge of voting rules for felons Texas Deceptive emails about straight-ticket voting Virginia NEW: Deceptive email tells George Mason students election is November 5 College students discouraged from registering Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days Military Overseas Votes Discarded in Virginia Washington Long waits, short poll hours in King County AP article misinformation states that 37 counties must vote by mail. Wisconsin Incorrect absentee ballot applications Wisconsin AG sues to force database check of voter registration

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Adding a new incident

Important: Make sure you are on this page when you add an incident. That way it gets created as a subpage of this one.

Instructions for adding an incident:

Video instructions

Text Instructions in the navigation window on the left, Add page in the popup window, type in the Page name. Make it as descriptive as the titles you see above; under Use Template select "Report an Incident"; and then click on Add Page. click EasyEdit on the new page and include the relevant information. When you're done making changes on the new page, click Save. Copy the title of your newly-created page come back to this page, and click EasyEdit. Insert a new line to the list above; paste the title you copied from your page. It will auto-format. In the toolbar at the top, click "suggest links." It will automatically find the page you created. click Save.

Sample Report

Page Name (try to lead with the name of the state)

What region is affected?	provide City, County, State info. If national, use "USA"
What voters would be affected?	who is being targeted by the tactic
How would tactic suppress votes?	explain how the suppression works. e.g. scaring young people, rejecting absentee ballots, etc.
Who is behind it?	Be as specific as possible. Name, title, affiliation, organization, party
Links to media/blog coverage? (link headline, and list byline, media outlet/blog, date of publication)	provide headline, writer/reporter name, media outlet and date of publication e.g. Voter Suppression Is A Fun Game To Some People, by John Doe, Herald Times Post, September 18, 2008
Possible laws violated?	were any state or federal laws violated? list them with link if avail
Embed YouTube if available.	good way to dramatize point. even if you don't know of specific video, use the YouTube widget to search right in the EasyEdit Toolbar. You might find something
What's the last known status?	was the tactic halted? is litigation pending?
What actions can be taken?	phone numbers to campaigns, addresses for secretary of state offices, links to action campaigns, etc

Additional notes here: