Conyers Calls on McCain to Halt GOP Voter Suppression EffortsIn reaction to recent claims that the GOP is attempting to block voters in Michigan whose homes have been foreclosed on, one of the state’s representatives is speaking out and demanding action from Republicans.
Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called on Sen. John McCain to “step forward now and halt the Republican Party’s efforts to profit politically from the economic misery of others.”
“The Republican Party has had a long record of blocking eligible voters from voting,” Conyers wrote. “In the past two Presidential elections, the country witnessed appalling efforts to limit voter participation in Ohio, Florida and throughout the country. It is beyond disgraceful that the Republican Party now seems to be targeting those who are suffering the most… It should surprise no one that the people who gave us the worst economy since the Great Depression would now want to prevent those victimized by this economy from voting in the coming elections.”
Separately, Conyers and 22 of his Democratic colleagues in the House, also joined Senate Democrats, who earlier this week demanded an investigation from the DOJ into what has become known as the “lose your house, lose your vote,” after the title of the article in the Michigan Messenger which sparked awareness of the GOPs plan to challenge voters registered at addresses on foreclosure lists.