Senate Panel Approves Voter Intimidation Measure« Thread Started on Sept 7, 2007, 11:22pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senate Panel Approves Voter Intimidation MeasureBy CQ Staff | 3:15 PM; Sep. 06, 2007By Seth Stern, CQ Staffread at source> http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/09/senat ... in.htmlThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday that would create penalties for voter intimidation, after first rejecting Republican attempts to add language targeting voter fraud.Panel members approved by voice vote a substitute version of the bill (S 453) offered by Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., that stripped language allowing private parties to bring lawsuits to block deceptive voting practices.Without that language, the bill is now more closely aligned with a companion measure (HR 1281) the House passed in June.