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jrtomhttp://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote
The URL pretty much captures it: the Michigan GOP plans to challenge voters' eligibility at the polls on the basis of home foreclosure records.
(Despite the fact that, among other things, a foreclosure notice does not necessarily entail that one is no longer living at the specified address.)
I say "part 1" in the subject line because I expect that this is not going to be the last such item that I'll be posting about for this election. (I volunteered for Election Protection in 2004 as LA-local tech support, and was in a position to see their entire database of reports of voter intimidation, machine malfunctions, polling place _absence_ fer gossake, etc. ad nauseam. I may do so again.)
If you're a McCain supporter, please contact his campaign and ask him to repudiate this policy. You might also point out to him that allowing his party to make plans to intimidate those that may have lost their homes is not the way to go about winning their trust and support.
The URL pretty much captures it: the Michigan GOP plans to challenge voters' eligibility at the polls on the basis of home foreclosure records.
(Despite the fact that, among other things, a foreclosure notice does not necessarily entail that one is no longer living at the specified address.)
I say "part 1" in the subject line because I expect that this is not going to be the last such item that I'll be posting about for this election. (I volunteered for Election Protection in 2004 as LA-local tech support, and was in a position to see their entire database of reports of voter intimidation, machine malfunctions, polling place _absence_ fer gossake, etc. ad nauseam. I may do so again.)
If you're a McCain supporter, please contact his campaign and ask him to repudiate this policy. You might also point out to him that allowing his party to make plans to intimidate those that may have lost their homes is not the way to go about winning their trust and support.
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Date: 11 September 2008 18:42 (UTC)Also, I hope the groups that have been registering people to vote are notifying people of this tactic. I suspect it's intended to scare people into leaving the polling place without fighting the challenge.
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Date: 11 September 2008 19:05 (UTC)Incidentally, Googling for 'Election Protection' just got me this:
http://secure.condomania.com/prodinfo.asp?number=C-PRES
The mind boggles, among other things because there are TOO MANY JOKES one can make and I can't articulate them all simultaneously.