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A GOP plot to disenfranchise Michigan Democratic voters under foreclosure notice by challenging their eligibility to vote continues to draw national outrage. The breaking investigative reports by our sister site, Michigan Messenger, was prominently featured on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann Wednesday.
Watch the video and weep for our democracy.
More Election Day shenanigans are revealed by our colleague Eartha Melzer at Michigan Messenger in this breaking news story on the latest dirty disenfranchisement tactic by a Republican operative to challenge voters at the polls on Nov. 4 and how the McCain campaign stands to benefit.
John McCain isn't sure how many houses he owns — four? seven? ten? — but the Obama campaign is darn sure McCain's befuddlement will help keep voters from handing him the keys to a certain Pennsylvania Avenue address in Washington. And you can bet the one in 390 homeowners in foreclosure in Colorado have a better grasp than McCain of the number of homes they own — or are in danger of losing.
Gov. Bill Ritter today announced a $1.5 million grant to provide free foreclosure prevention counseling services to at-risk homeowners. At the same time, Washington...
Why does Colorado have the highest foreclosure rates in the nation?
One of the important reasons is that it tolerates dishonest mortgage lending scum like...
At the same time that Colorado ranks highest on the nation's foreclosure list, the very wealthy continue to pay outrageous amounts for mountain real...