Republican's Anti-American Plan - Lose Home, Lose Right To Vote

The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOPs effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.

We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people arent voting from those addresses, party chairman James Carabelli told Michigan Messenger in a telephone interview earlier this week. He said the local party wanted to make sure that proper electoral procedures were followed.

State election rules allow parties to assign election challengers to polls to monitor the election. In addition to observing the poll workers, these volunteers can challenge the eligibility of any voter provided they have a good reason to believe that the person is not eligible to vote. One allowable reason is that the person is not a true resident of the city or township.

The Michigan Republicans planned use of foreclosure lists is apparently an attempt to challenge ineligible voters as not being true residents.

One expert questioned the legality of the tactic.

You cant challenge people without a factual basis for doing so, said J. Gerald Hebert, a former voting rights litigator for the U.S. Justice Department who now runs the Campaign Legal Center, a Washington D.C.-based public-interest law firm. I dont think a foreclosure notice is sufficient basis for a challenge, because people often remain in their homes after foreclosure begins and sometimes are able to negotiate and refinance.

As for the practice of challenging the right to vote of foreclosed property owners, Hebert called it, mean-spirited.

GOP ties to states largest foreclosure law firm

The Macomb GOPs plans are another indication of how John McCains campaign stands to benefit from the burgeoning number of foreclosures in the state. McCains regional headquarters are housed in the office building of foreclosure specialists Trott & Trott. The firms founder, David A. Trott, has raised between $100,000 and $250,000 for the Republican nominee.

The Macomb County partys plans to challenge voters who have defaulted on their house payments is likely to disproportionately affect African-Americans who are overwhelmingly Democratic voters. More than 60 percent of all sub-prime loans — the most likely kind of loan to go into default — were made to African-Americans in Michigan, according to a report issued last year by the states Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

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[trjill]

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[ThePatriotsMaxims]

Since you don't like socialism, you must really despise Palin's socialist program of taking money from wealthy companies and distributing it to Alaskans.

[ScarletFBL2]

Yet another DIRTY tactic in this election. I'd like to think people won't stand for it, even if it does happen.

[groundhog2008]

This is why I am so happy that I voted straight Democrat, and always will!!!

[26yearstoorion]

@trjill You are confusing socialized with socialist... two very different things! (i don't know you but can say with confidence you have used 'socilized' program(s) somewhere along the line)

[Recon377]

if this happens. i will personally supply guns and moltov cocktails to the occupy people and me and them will have fun...so try shit u socialist...oh srry i mean to say republican. oh wait! WHATS THE DIFFERENCE!

[syzygy502]

@Minionuup 10x than Bush? Obama has lowered the debt actually. This is Bush's debt and Bush's wars and Bush's mistakes. Obama is doing very well.

[BeingNobody1956]

@robotracking i live in a 12'9' room that i lease from someone else. and it is more than enough room. most American try to live in a home reflective of their ego

[rickbar123]

The Right Wing/ Neo Cons/ Repubs- Scum

[robotracking]

Why have such a big home you RICH and GREEDY Americans. The average size home in Europe is about the same size as an American double car garage, which is enough room to live in. Why have such big homes ?

[CoolScoobydoo]

Ok, it is one thing to stop fraud, but not allowing people to vote because they lost their home is unconstitutional. I would say that regardless of what your party affiliation is.

[namtesyalp]

in other words,republicans want to stop fraud

[sickboy226]

hahaha OMG!!! the media actually plays these stories? I'm rolling on the floor laughing. people believe this? if a home is FORCLOSED than nobody lives there, if its in FORCLOSER that is completely different... they said that to keep those skeeming democrats from creating false votes from non existing residents. not very hard to see that.