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From: 10demarzo@googlegroups.com on behalf of carrascomg@aol.com
Sent: Fri 9/19/08 8:21 AM



Subject: Fwd: Foreclosure and voter registration






Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 12:18 AM






You work in the real estate industry so I thought that maybe you belong to associations for realtors of color. This is important info that you should pass on to your networks:


Republican operatives in Michigan have admitted that they are planning to use foreclosure information to "clarify" voter rolls. What this means is that they are attempting to impede people's right to vote by challenging them on their address. Since they plan to have already pinpointed who has lost their home, all they have to do is make a mark on the rolls for the precinct workers. When the person comes in to vote, they will be challenged.


Though they may vote a provisional, what this will do is create an intense back up in the street as people line up to vote. If the line looks like it will be longer than 2 hours, most people will not be able to vote.


Today's Democracy Now with Amy Goodman carried the story.


The Republicans now claim, since they have been outed, that they will not be specifically looking through foreclosure lists, only cleaning up the rolls. That strategy will likely involve sending out non-forwardable mail to ALL addresses in areas where there is a high percentage of foreclosed homes. When the mail20returns undeliverable, that automatically takes the person off the rolls. AT that stage, they will have to wait to re-register, I think.


SO, as realtors and upstanding men concerned about their community, I am asking that you spread the word IMMEDIATELY on a NATIONAL scale that folks need to find out ASAP if they have enough time to file their change of address in order to vote on Nov 4th. If they do not, the Nat'l Realtor's Assoc. needs to help figure out a way for these folks to have their votes counted because it will DISPROPORTIONATELY affect black folks, latinos, and poor white folks. Under the Voter's Registration Act, it could be deemed illegal, but that would be a lengthy lawsuit.


Get folks to change those addresses and inform them that they have the right to vote on a provisional ballot, provided they have not already been removed.


Please get the word out. You should have a handle on this by Monday, Sept 22nd.


If this tactic is employed in California, for example, almost the entire city of Santa Ana would lose their vote. Santa Ana was one of the first cities to go down in flames over the sub-prime mortgage lending scandal. It is also the most chicano city in the nation. This is not a new tactic. Florida Republicans used this to help cast doubt on Gore's lead two administrations back...


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love,
-Anna