Michigan Democrats and Republicans reached a settlement Monday in a lawsuit charging that the Republican Party planned to illegally use lists of foreclosed residents to challenge voters on Election Day. The case was brought based on statements made to a reporter for TWI’s sibling publication, The Michigan Messenger.
On the stump in Michigan yesterday, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden decried the report, revealed last week by Eartha Jane Melzer, reporter for our sister site, Michigan Messenger, that local GOP officials planned to use foreclosure listings to challenge voters at the polls.
Biden said: