This story can’t possibly, CAN’T POSSIBLY be true. It’s ridiculous. In fact, it is probably highly irresponsible of me to post a story that is just not sane. Please, someone, anyone credibly debunk the following:
“We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren’t voting from those addresses,” Macomb County Republican Party chairman James Carabelli told the Michigan Messenger this week.
Because, you know, if you lost your home you probably don’t live there anymore and therefore your address is no longer valid for the purpose of your voting card. And you are probably angry and angry people like to throw the bums out, so why encourage those people to vote? Besides, for all they know, you could be sleeping on a park bench in a completely different and noncompetitive voting district.
Now, it turns out that the Republican party has, as this updated report says “recanted” that claim. Thing is, if the quote was patently false, we’d be reading the outraged denial from Mr. Carabelli, so my best guess is that he actually said it (and plans it), but that it was a supremely stupid thing to say aloud and they are now changing- or silencing – the tune.
But, please read both of these stories, because you will learn a thing or two about the practice of vote challenging and who it affects most. Share your outrage with others, at the mere whiff of such insult to injury, and just maybe, it might not come to pass.
Update: Keith Olbermann ran this story yesterday on his show, so there must be some truth to it (in addition to a healthy serving of bias).
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