So remember how in Florida the Republicans blocked "felons" from voting in the 2000 election?
Well it looks like they're out to block victims of foreclosure from voting in Michigan and Ohio.
I understand the idea they're putting forth, but this minority of America deserves to cast their ballot. Their voice should be heard over anybodies. Plus, well there's no guarantee that they don't have a home.
You can’t 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 don’t 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.
Another interesting fact is that McCain's Michigan headquarters was located in a law firm specializing in these very foreclosures. Seems "marginalizingly" shady to me.
So I don't know what ye Michiganders can do to prevent this, but something has to be done to make sure these people vote!
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