This article is about voter suppression. For caging in the direct mail industry, see Caging (direct mail).
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Voter caging involves challenging the registration status of voters and calling into question the legality of allowing them to vote. Usually it involves sending mail directly to registered voters and compiling a list from mail returned undelivered. Undeliverable mail is seen as proof that the person no longer resides at the address on their voter registration. The resultant list is then used by election officials to purge names from the voter registration rolls or to challenge voters' eligibility to vote on the grounds that the voters no longer reside at their registered addresses.[1][2]: 129
In the United States, the practice of purging voter rolls has been challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union, Fair Fight Action, and other voting rights advocates in the courts for perceived racial bias when minority neighborhoods are targeted, and some courts have declared such purging illegal under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. However, the practice remains legal in many states, and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a 2018 legal challenge to Ohio's list-maintenance process.[3]
^Levitt, Justin (June 29, 2007). "A Guide to Voter Caging - Explains what the practice is and why caging is an unreliable way to clean voter rolls". Brennan Center for Justice.
^"An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^Smith, Paul M (February 10, 2020). "Use It or Lose It: The Problem of Purges from the Registration Rolls of Voters Who Don't Vote Regularly". American Bar Association.
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