US Congress House Bill 103 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-07 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E26)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Caging Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit state or local election officials from preventing an individual from registering or voting in any election for federal office, or from permitting a formal challenge under state law to an individual's registration status or eligibility to vote, if the basis for such decision is evidence consisting of: (1) a voter caging document or voter caging list; (2) an unverified match list; (3) an error or omission on voter application or registration documents that is not material to an individual's eligibility to vote; or (4) any other evidence so designated by the Election Assistance Commission. Defines "voter caging document" as: (1) a nonforwardable document that is returned to the sender or a third party as undelivered or undeliverable despite an attempt to deliver it to the address of a registered voter or applicant; or (2) any document with instructions to an addressee that the document be returned to a sender or third party but is not so returned, despite an attempt to deliver it to the address of a registered voter, unless at least two federal election cycles have passed since the date of the attempted delivery.Defines "unverified match list" as a list produced by matching the information of registered voters or applicants to a list of individuals ineligible to vote in the registrar's jurisdiction due to death, conviction, change of address, or otherwise, unless one of the pieces of information matched includes a signature, photograph, or unique identifying number ensuring that the information from each source refers to the same individual. Requires any private individual who challenges the right of another citizen to vote to set forth in writing, under penalty of perjury, personal, first-hand knowledge establishing the grounds for ineligibility.

Caging Prohibition Act of 2009

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-07		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E26)
2009-01-06		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB528 (Related) 2009-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/103/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr103/BILLS-111hr103ih.pdf