Joe Biden talks about the Republicans' dirty little secret

About 21 minutes in:

I heard that a Republican County Chairman right here in Michigan said that they're keeping a list of foreclosed homes, suggesting that if you've lost your home, you should also lose your vote. I have a different idea. I think that if you're worried about losing your home, you should vote for the guys who are going to help you keep it!

The story:

The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.

“We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren’t voting from those addresses,” party chairman James Carabelli told Michigan Messenger in a telephone interview earlier this week. He said the local party wanted to make sure that proper electoral procedures were followed.

State election rules allow parties to assign “election challengers” to polls to monitor the election. In addition to observing the poll workers, these volunteers can challenge the eligibility of any voter provided they “have a good reason to believe” that the person is not eligible to vote. One allowable reason is that the person is not a “true resident of the city or township.”

The Michigan Republicans’ planned use of foreclosure lists is apparently an attempt to challenge ineligible voters as not being “true residents.”

Except that a foreclosure notice doesn't necessarily mean that the person isn't a resident. But go prove that when you show up to vote.

That's just one way the Republicans are trying to disenfranchise Democratic voters all over the country. Brad Friedman has been all over this for years, and if you want to know how they're trying to rig yet another election, make BradBlog a daily stop. Because if you think that elections should reflect the will of the people, and Republicans are doing what they can to make sure that only THEIR people can vote, the time to act is NOW.