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TIMELINE: Mich. Vote Caging Scheme Exemplifies Mounting Dirty Tricks Operations

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"A foreclosure is not a valid basis on which to challenge a registered voter at the polls," Gansler wrote in the letter to officials.

As we were following the voter caging story in Michigan, the Republican National Committee decided to heighten their attack on the nation's largest nonpartisan voter registration drive and its connection to presidential candidate Barrack Obama - another voter suppression effort that could create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation at the polls, according a Sept. 28 NPR report by Pam Fessler.

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"Voter Caging." Project Vote.

James, Teresa. "Caging Democracy: A 50-Year History of Partisan Challenges to Minority Voters." Project Vote. September 2007.

Minnite, Lorraine. "The Politics of Voter Fraud." Project Vote. March 2007.

Erin Ferns is a research analyst with Project Vote's Strategic Writing and Research Department.

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