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Raging Caging: What the heck is vote caging, and why should we care?

Date: May 31, 2007

Author: Dahlia Lithwick

QUOTE: Vote caging is an illegal trick to suppress minority voters (who tend to vote Democrat) by getting them knocked off the voter rolls if they fail to answer registered mail sent to homes they aren't living at (because they are, say, at college or at war).

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Key People:

• Monica M. Goodling Esq.
• Greg Palast
• J. Timothy Griffin Esq.
• Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Esq.
• Prof. Richard L. Hasen Esq.
• Karl Rove
• Paul J. McNulty Esq.
• Rep. Linda T. Sanchez
• Harriet E. Miers Esq.
• Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson Esq.

Key Organizations:

• Justice Department/Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Republican Party (U.S.) / Republican National Committee
• Washington Post Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Democracy
      • Elections / Voting (general)
    • Government scandals/corruption

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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