that’s probably not related to any kind of moral or religious belief, but actually a form of election security

Cooping was a form of electoral fraud in the United States by which gangs kidnapped citizens off the street and forced them to vote, often repeatedly, for an election candidate… so-called “cooping gangs” or “election gangs” working for a political candidate would hold random victims in a chamber or cellar (the “coop”) and ply them with alcohol or beat them to get them to comply.