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* Legal threats: In this case voters will be made to believe, accurately or otherwise, that they are not legally entitled to vote, or that they are legally obliged to vote a particular way.

Voters who are not confident about their entitlement to vote may also be intimidated by real or implied authority figures who suggest that those who vote when they are not entitled to will be imprisoned, deported or otherwise punished.

For example in 2004, in Wisconsin and elsewhere voters allegedly received flyers that said, “ If you already voted in any election this year, you can ’ t vote in the Presidential Election ”, implying that those who had voted in earlier primary elections were ineligible to vote.

Also, “ If anybody in your family has ever been found guilty of anything you can ’ t vote in the Presidential Election .” Finally, “ If you violate any of these laws, you can get 10 years in prison and your children will be taken away from you .” Another method, allegedly used in Cook County, Illinois in 2004, is to falsely tell particular people that they are not eligible to vote .< ref name = autogenerated2 >