Michigan Dems file lawsuit against Macomb Co. GOP

By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats in Michigan are trying to block what they call a Republican effort to deny voting rights to people facing foreclosure.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign, the Democratic National Committee and several voters filed Tuesday for an injunction to prohibit the GOP from challenging Michigan voters whose homes are on foreclosure lists. Republicans say they are doing no such thing.

Macomb County Republican Party Chairman James Carabelli denied last week that he had told a writer for the liberal Web site MichiganMessenger.com that he planned to make sure no one on a list of foreclosed homes voted in his county. "The story is not true," he said.

Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer said Republicans have tried in the past to discourage Democratic voters at polling stations and, "I simply do not believe his denial. This fits the pattern we've seen here in Michigan."


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