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The Type of Voter Suppression Scheme We can Expect on November 4
Here is an interesting article displaying the GOP voting suppression tactics at their finest:
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,” [said] party chairman James Carabelli.One expert questioned the legality of the tactic.
“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.”
Where might the GOP get such foreclosure lists?
GOP ties to state’s largest foreclosure law firm
McCain’s regional headquarters are housed in the office building of foreclosure specialists Trott & Trott. The firm’s founder, David A. Trott, has raised between $100,000 and $250,000 for the Republican nominee.
And this is not just an issue in Michigan.
Carabelli is not the only Republican Party official to suggest theSo the GOP will try their darnedest yet again to slice away just enough of the Democratic vote to give themselves the win. If you're a poll watcher on Election Day, like I am, prepare to fight this tactic tooth and nail
targeting of foreclosed voters. In Ohio, Doug Preisse, director of
elections in Franklin County (around the city of Columbus) and the
chair of the local GOP, told The Columbus Dispatch that he has not ruled out challenging voters before the election due to foreclosure-related address issues.
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