If you are witnessing a red line violation please report the incident by completing the form. Examples of what a red line violation can look like are: 

Red Line 1: Voter disenfranchisement

What this can look like: 

• Laws or rules that make it harder to vote.
• Actions that enable inaccurate voter roll purges.
• Closing or cutting polling places in a way that creates long lines.
• New restrictions on mail or early voting.
• Overly strict voter ID or eligibility requirements.
• Intimidation and harassment by public officials, government agencies, or private individuals that is directed at voters or election administrators.

Red Line 2: Election betrayal and disinformation

What this can look like: 

• Spreading disinformation that an election was "rigged" or "stolen" despite evidence to the contrary.
• Baseless claims of widespread fraud, sowing doubt about legitimate results, and attempting to flood the public with confusion.
• Dismantling agencies, funding, or infrastructure that supports free and fair elections.
• Rewarding or pardoning others who engage in attacks on our elections;
• Taking actions that directly disrupt the counting of ballots.

Red Line 3: Refusal to accept the valid results of the elections

What this can look like: 

• Refusal to accept or certify valid election results. 
• Refusal to concede loss of the election.
• Refusal to allow winning candidates to assume office.
• Deliberately creating an environment of confusion and chaos around the process of transition where winning candidates take office.

Red Line 4: Incitement or enactment of political violence or political persecution related to the election

What this can look like: 

• Incitement or engagement in threats, intimidation, or acts of violence targeting election officials, poll workers, candidates, organizations, or voters.
• Intimidation or criminalization of election administrators for doing their jobs.
• Calls encouraging people to use violence.
• Using threats or force to disrupt voting, counting, or the peaceful transfer of power.