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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:31 PM
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Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote (or how they plan to steal this GE):
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Edited on Wed Sep-10-08 12:35 PM by blondeatlast
I saw this in LBN and thought it needed posted here; this is sadistic, soulless ratfucking at its, um, "finest."

Michigan Republicans plan to foreclose African American voters

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 GOP’s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.

“We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren’t 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.

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GOP ties to state’s largest foreclosure law firm

The Macomb GOP’s plans are another indication of how John McCain’s campaign stands to benefit from the burgeoning number of foreclosures in the state. McCain’s regional headquarters are housed in the office building of foreclosure specialists Trott & Trott). The firm’s founder, David A. Trott, has given at least $23,000 to McCain’s campaign and raised between $100,000 and $250,000 for the Republican nominee.

The Macomb County party’s 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 state’s Department of Labor and Economic Growth.


I fucking hate republicans. :mad:

Edit: Much more at link: http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote


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