There have been a rash of stories about disenfranchised voters but none are as dirty as this. Republicans are subscribing to the "hit them while their down" tactic... it's an unfair game. It's politics as usual.
In today's Michigan Messengar, families who are already struggling with hard times learned yet another reason to be unhappy with the current state of our government,
“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.
The article goes on to claim that these registered voters may not be "true residents."
If the Republican Party in Michigan gets away with a tactic like this, it will only be a matter of time before Republicans in other states get even bolder. Your driver's licence has an old address? Sorry, you can't vote. Moved across the street? Sorry, you can't vote. Snowbird? Sorry, you can't vote.
It will take a strong willed politician to stand up to such tactics. I imagine a maverick would be able to do it; an outspoken individual who fights against the members of his own party to do what's right. Let's all ask John McCain to speak out against this outrage!
You can email his Senate office at: http://mccain.senate.gov/...
or call: (202) 224-2235
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