Senator Whitehouse introduces legislation outlawing voter ‘caging.’

babylonsister

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Mon Nov-05-07 04:58 PM
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Senator Whitehouse introduces legislation outlawing voter ‘caging.’

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/05/whitehouse-introduces-legislation-outlawing-caging/

Whitehouse introduces legislation outlawing ‘caging.’

Today Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Caging Prohibition Act, a bill which would outlaw a “long-recognized voter suppression tactic which has often been used to target minority voters”:

The Caging Prohibition Act would prohibit challenges to a person’s eligibility to register to vote, or cast a vote, based solely on returned mail or a caging list. The bill would also mandate that anyone who challenges the right of another citizen to vote must set forth the specific grounds for their alleged ineligibility, under penalty of perjury.

In June, Whitehouse requested a DoJ investigation into Tim Griffin, the former Karl Rove protege who was placed as a U.S. attorney in Arkansas, on allegations that he led a “caging” scheme to suppress the votes of African-American servicemembers in Florida.

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in_cog_ni_to

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Mon Nov-05-07 04:59 PM
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1. Good luck with that, Sheldon. n/t

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pinto

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Mon Nov-05-07 05:03 PM
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2. Good on him. Don't know if it'll get anywhere, as noted,

but good to see it get some 'floor time'.

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nashville_brook

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Mon Nov-05-07 05:03 PM
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3. big k 'n r for something that should already be illegal.

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The Wielding Truth

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Mon Nov-05-07 05:06 PM
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4. I really thought it was.

:shrug:

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flashl

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Mon Nov-05-07 05:10 PM
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5. I fear it is too late

most states have other means, in particular, laws to purge state voter rolls. DOJ Chief Tanner sent 10 letters to states to purge their rolls.

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jillan

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Mon Nov-05-07 05:25 PM
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6. I am a fan of his! This guy kicks butt on the Senate floor ~ and in the hearings.

I see a future President in him.

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