Voter Challenges Legislation in the 110th Congress

Published: January 26, 2009

Bill No.	Short Title	Sponsors	Date Introduced	Related Bills	Description
S. 2305 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Caging Prohibition Act of 2007	Whitehouse [VIEW ALL]	November 5, 2007 [VIEW STATUS]	H.R. 5038	This bill would prohibit election officials from preventing individuals from registering to vote or voting in any federal election or from permitting formal voter challenges to voters’ registration status or eligibility if the basis of information gathered from voter caging documents or lists or unverified match lists. It would also establish requirements of individuals who wish to challenge the voter eligibility of another individual and prohibit challenges based on voter caging documents or lists or unverified match lists.
H.R. 5038 [VIEW BILL TEXT]	Caging Prohibition Act of 2008	Conyers [VIEW ALL]	January 17, 2008 [VIEW STATUS]	S. 2305	This bill would prohibit election officials from preventing individuals from registering to vote or voting in any federal election or from permitting formal voter challenges to voters’ registration status or eligibility if the basis of information gathered from voter caging documents or lists or unverified match lists. It would also establish requirements of individuals who wish to challenge the voter eligibility of another individual and prohibit challenges based on voter caging documents or lists or unverified match lists.