DOJ Asked To Weigh In On Michigan Foreclosure List Flap

In Michigan, The Michigan Messenger reports:

• A group of 14 U.S. Senators including Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama signed a letter to the United States Department of Justice and specifically to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to calm fears that people who have undergone or are undergoing a foreclosure will not be allowed to vote. All of the senators who signed the letter are Democrats, and all of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee signed the letter. The controversy arose after a story on Michigan Messenger last week in which the Macomb County Republican Chair James Carabelli indicated that foreclosure lists will be used to challenge voters. The Republican Party of Michigan has since denied the story.

For more, see Obama, other Senators ask Attorney General to weigh in on foreclosure list controversy.

See also, The Wall Street Journal Blog: Voting-Rights Conflicts Intensify.

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