A political cartoon published April 5, 2018, in the Salt Lake Tribune shows a large Republican elephant wearing hockey goalie pads and a mask blocking the entrance to a voting booth. Three groups stand before the goalie: a woman labeled minorities, a man labeled immigrant citizens and a youth holding a sign. All clutch papers that appear to be voter registration forms or ballots.

The cartoon was drawn weeks after the February 2018 Parkland school shooting, when student survivors began public campaigns to increase youth voter registration. It also appeared during a period when several Republican-led state legislatures advanced new voter identification requirements and limits on early voting ahead of the November midterms.

Republicans maintained the measures were needed to prevent fraud. Democrats and civil rights groups countered that the rules created unnecessary obstacles for minority, immigrant and young voters who had lower rates of government-issued photo identification. The cartoon uses the hockey metaphor to suggest the party is actively preventing these groups from casting ballots.

The visual places the elephant directly in front of the booth, with its stick and glove raised to stop any attempt to deposit a ballot. The American flag on the vote sign underscores the patriotic stakes of the contest over access.