Yesterday (Nov. 6) voters in seven states participated in state and local elections. The Election Protection hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE was up and running, tracking reports of voting problems. In Michigan, a new photo ID requirement reportedly caused so much confusion that the Detroit Branch NAACP complained of possible civil rights violations. Meanwhile, Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) has introduced H.R. 4026, a bill that would prohibit the requirement of a photo ID to vote in federal elections. And in the Senate, thirteen Democratic Senators have introduced a bill that would outlaw "voter caging," the practice of challenging a person's right to vote because a letter sent to them was returned as undeliverable. The Caging Prohibition Act, S. 2305 would also require that anyone who challenges the right of another person to vote must set forth specific reasoning for their alleged ineligibility.