Michigan court ends GOP effort to disenfranchise voters

[ArcturusMengsk]

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An agreement announced today by Obama for America, the Republican National Committee, the Democratic National Committee, the Michigan Republican Party, the Michigan Democratic Party, the Macomb County Republican Party, the Macomb County Democratic Party, and plaintiffs Duane Maletski, Sharon Lopez, and Frances M. Zick protects the voting rights of foreclosure victims. The settlement acknowledges the existence of an illegal scheme by the Republicans to use mortgage foreclosure lists to deny foreclosure victims their right to vote. This settlement has the force of law behind it and ensures that Republicans cannot disenfranchise families facing foreclosure.

Emphasis mine. Posted without comment.

[FireNexus]

What grounds were they trying to push this on? since when does foreclosure disqualify someone from voting? It wasn't a felony last I checked.

[SirNitram]

What grounds were they trying to push this on? since when does foreclosure disqualify someone from voting? It wasn't a felony last I checked.

The principle of 'Less voters is better', an odd one that the GOP nonetheless embraces lately.

[Knife]

The head shed from all the big groups don't want the low folk to be part of the system. Why should they?


*gag*

[Master of Cards]

What grounds were they trying to push this on? since when does foreclosure disqualify someone from voting? It wasn't a felony last I checked.

The Fact they're much more likely to vote anything but Republican on Election day which is a felony for Republicans.

[Knife]

What grounds were they trying to push this on? since when does foreclosure disqualify someone from voting? It wasn't a felony last I checked.

The Fact they're much more likely to vote anything but Republican on Election day which is a felony for Republicans.

Makes little sense if the DMC advocated it. sure they're a bit fucked up but blatent wrist cutting is a little out there isn't it?

[Pulp Hero]

What grounds were they trying to push this on? since when does foreclosure disqualify someone from voting? It wasn't a felony last I checked.

The Fact they're much more likely to vote anything but Republican on Election day which is a felony for Republicans.

Makes little sense if the DMC advocated it. sure they're a bit fucked up but blatent wrist cutting is a little out there isn't it?

...An illegal scheme by Republicans...

[SirNitram]

What grounds were they trying to push this on? since when does foreclosure disqualify someone from voting? It wasn't a felony last I checked.

The Fact they're much more likely to vote anything but Republican on Election day which is a felony for Republicans.

Makes little sense if the DMC advocated it. sure they're a bit fucked up but blatent wrist cutting is a little out there isn't it?

...The DMC advocated the illegal purges? What's your source?

[Knife]

...The DMC advocated the illegal purges? What's your source?

I read it wrong. I was reading the agreeing parties the start of the article. I apologize.

[SirNitram]

...The DMC advocated the illegal purges? What's your source?

I read it wrong. I was reading the agreeing parties the start of the article. I apologize.

Ahhh. No worries.

Yea, when all the articles I had read about the process of it being pushed around various courts only had the GOP, that statement confused.

Edit: Forgot to add: Not that the Democrats are terribly averse to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, at least in the past.

[The Yosemite Bear]

The trick was the whole re-registering during a change of address, arguing that those people were no longer living where they were being evicted from, due to the whole stock market crisis.