GOP's Cheating Ways Resurface n Michigan

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Registered: 09-08-2008
GOP's Cheating Ways Resurface n Michigan
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Tue, 09-23-2008 - 12:07am

I received this email and it's about time the GOP answers for their low down tactics that cheat voters out of their right to vote.

...For years, Republicans have engaged in "caging"--challenging the eligibility of voters on election day to suppress turnout and intimidate voters.2 They'll often try to reject voters by claiming they don't live at the address where they're registered. This year, they've taken it to a new low--the chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan said last week, "We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren't voting from those addresses."3

In other words, they'll target every voter whose house is on a foreclosure list, and challenge their voting rights on election day. But just because your name is on a list, it doesn't mean that you've lost your home or moved. In fact, many homeowners stay in their homes for months after the foreclosure process has begun, and some people are able to catch up on their payments and reverse the process.4

So why are Republicans illegally targeting homeowners who've had a tough time under Bush's economy? Because they know they're likely to vote for Democrats, and for Obama for President. People who've been hit hard by the economy are less likely to vote for Republicans. This tactic won't just affect struggling homeowners--it will cause longer lines and delays at the polls for everyone that lives in a neighborhood with a high number of foreclosures. And that's the point.

After making the plan public, Michigan Republicans are backtracking and claiming they were misquoted.6 But everything indicates that these are exactly the kinds of tactics they'll use,7 and they're just trying to squash an embarrassing story.8

Similar tactics are being used across the country, but the McCain campaign simply sits in the background, quietly benefiting from voter suppression. The Obama campaign is fighting against this plan in the courts,9 but they need our help to expose these dishonorable tactics and make this a national story.

Calling on McCain to publicly reject these tactics is just the first step in our campaign to shame the Republican Party for attacking the voting rights of struggling homeowners.

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 10:08pm
just so you know. i didnt read your reply. it is really disrespectful that you keep trying to continue a conversation i
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Registered: 08-25-2008
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 10:24pm
Actually, 2step, it was you who brought up the pharmacies in 4213.7.
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Registered: 07-16-2008
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 10:25pm

Thank you, I was really thinking I was going insane.


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Registered: 11-07-2007
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 10:34pm

I've lived in 3 homes over the last 10 years in 3 different states.

 

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 10:36pm

<<Actually, 2step, it was you who brought up the pharmacies in 4213.7.

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 10:41pm
i totally agree. but no matter how many times you spell it out some people still refuse to believe it
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Registered: 01-07-2005
Tue, 09-23-2008 - 11:58pm

Well, I couldn't find an unbiased source, but here is a take on this proposal from the right.

http://www.lifenews.com/state3404.html

It sounds like this is more about enforcing laws that are already on the books. I'll keep looking for more info.

Lets say you have x amount of doctors willing to provide all abortions/ birth control/ and regular ob and gyn care. Then you have y number of docs that will only do preventative birth control and regular ob/gyn care. Wouldn't you rather have x+y docs available to choose from? If the y docs are being discriminated against than that leaves less docs available for overall ob/gyn care.

Abortion is legal. I understand that, but if a certain doc believes that not letting a fertilized egg be implanted is abortion, than he should have the right to not dispense the drugs that would do that.

The proposal doesn't say that every doctor you hire has to be pro life, just that you can't fire somebody for being pro life.










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Registered: 09-08-2008
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 1:40am

((If you've been foreclosed, and you no longer live at an address, you are not legally allowed to vote from that address. Its as simple as that.))

That's understandable, but the GOP is challenging people that, although forclosed on, still live IN their houses. Some ongoing foreclosures result in the homeowner still living at the address and the GOP lies and says that they don't and make the voters have to prove it.

A GOPer convicted of voter fraud/tampering wrote a book and said that he would send mail to addresses with other people's names on it just to cause confusion for the voter. The lines wrap around the buildings when these tactics are used. Low Down Dirty tactics. Thank God that Barack is dispatching his team of lawyers to the voter polls.

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 1:55am

I believe she said, "we are going around in circles and it isn't getting us anywhere". I believe her reasons were pretty logical. We debate with alarmists all the time on this board so I am sure it's not the reason.



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Registered: 09-08-2008
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 1:58am
A little pleasant talk is always welcome on this board :)