Michigan Republicans planning to interfere with foreclosure victims' right to vote
I just came across this article describing how Michigan Republican party officials are planning to challenge the votes of individuals on whose houses have been foreclosed. It's obvious that this tactic is designed to suppress the votes of people who are facing economic challenges and it also appears that they are disproportionately African American in the districts in question. Since I’m not an expert in US/Michigan law regarding voter eligibility, I can’t comment on the legality of the matter. But, even if this sort of challenge is technically within the bounds of the law, I’m sure many of you agree with me that this is an immoral attempt to suppress the voting rights of some of the more vulnerable members of our society. I wanted to bring this to everyone’s attention so that people can be made aware that this may happen and be prepared for such challenges in swing states and districts. If anyone is involved in voter registration efforts in Michigan (and probably other critical states), it might be worthwhile preparing those you register for this sort of thing, so that even if challenged they will be able to vote.
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Vote Caging
The worst example of Republican caging was getting the addresses of African American armed service members, who they knew were deployed overseas, then challenging their absentee ballots that came from overseas because they no longer lived at their stateside address.And of course they no longer lived at their stateside addresses because the Repulicans knew they were in Iraq or Afghanistan.Can you even imagine the media response if the Democrats did something like cage the votes of white southern armed service members becasue they are likely to vote Republican.
As far as this hanky panky in Michigan goes there are all sorts of weird dynamics going on.(I am in Michigan). For starters, the county (Macomb)that the Republican official made the comment in has a vey low African American population. As far as I can tell he really did say it though and the Republicans are scuttling fast to clean it up. I couldn't find anything on Michigan Liberal or Blogging for Michigan, two Progressive Michigan websites and normally they would be all over something like this. I also saw an email that the whole thing was a hoax so I will see what I can find out and let you know.