The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

The Senate recently introduced legislation aimed at ending "vote caging," a tactic typically used to deter minorities, young people, and seniors from voting.

"Vote caging" is a tactic in which a political organization or party sends mail, usually marked "do not forward," to registered voters, some of which are returned to sender. The organization will then challenge the validity of these voters' registrations, either before or on election day. 

However, many of these individuals are not fraudulent voters.  A person might be in the armed forces serving abroad, or letters may simply be returned due to misspelling of names or addresses.

The Caging Prohibition Act will prohibit the use of "caging lists" to interfere with voting or registering to vote.  Another provision in the bill will also prohibit using foreclosure status to challenge voters' registration.