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Voter Caging A Useful Republican Dirty Trick
We’ve already discussed the GOP’s nefarious use of the direct marketing industry list development technique called caging. The Republican party counts this technique among its many useful dirty tricks to disenfranchise voters of a certain socio-economic class.
Reports out of Michigan indicate the Macomb County GOP plans to use the list of foreclosures in the state to challenge the eligibility of voters in targeted areas.
Do not be fooled citizens. Michigan is not the only place where you can expect to see this method used to slow down, delay and cause confusion at the polling places. This technique will most likely be used all around the nation on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, Election Day in specifically targeted areas; the places hardest hit by foreclosures. The places where Black Americans who traditionally vote for Democrats, live .
The result of such challenges makes the line move slower, causes unnecessary delay and voters become frustrated and leave the polling place without casting a vote. On Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 make sure you give yourself enough time to exercise your right to vote.
Federal law does not prohibit citizens from voting because they are behind in their bills. Just because you are faced with losing your home does not mean you have lost your vote.
We join Project Vote in denouncing the use of foreclosure lists to challenge an individual’s right to vote. It is not legitimate to do so. Every U.S. citizen deserves the opportunity to exercise this most precious of American freedoms, especially the people most severely damaged by this financial mess.
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