Michigan GOP: No house, no vote.

The Macomb GOP’s plans are another indication of how John McCain’s campaign stands to benefit from the burgeoning number of foreclosures in the state. McCain’s regional headquarters are housed in the office building of <a href="http://www.michiganmessenger.com/1571/mccains-michigan-headquarters-rented-from-law-firm-specializing-in-mortgage-foreclosures">foreclosure specialists Trott & Trott</a>. The firm’s founder, David A. Trott, <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/fundraisers.htm%22">has raised between $100,000 and $250,000 for the Republican nominee</a>. The Macomb County party’s plans to challenge voters who have defaulted on their house payments is likely to disproportionately affect African-Americans who are overwhelmingly Democratic voters. More than 60 percent of all sub-prime loans — the most likely kind of loan to go into default — were made to African-Americans in Michigan, according to a report issued last year by the state’s Department of Labor and Economic Growth. Eartha Jane Melver, Michigan Messenger politics, media, michigan, electoin, president, mccain, obama, economy, subprime, foreclosure <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/respres/" title="Link to respres' photostream">respres</a> the-feed

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Michigan, one of worst economies in the country, has a large number of foreclosed homes—mostly owned by African Americans. The GOP will attempt to bar as many would-be voters from the polls if their house has been foreclosed. Not only possibly illegal, this is simply evil. <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/12/125345/853" target="_blank">UPDATE: at least Mississippi Republicans have been stopped in their tracks to disenfranchise voters</a>

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Michigan GOP: No house, no vote.

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