Ohio’s Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, is reminding Ohio election boards that voters who have their homes in mortgage foreclosure are indeed allowed to vote in the upcoming November presidential election. The same applies for any residents who have a pending foreclosure, and filed bankruptcy to protect their homes.
Last week she told the election officials that a person’s voting registration status can’t be contested because their property may be in foreclosure. She added that all voters who are challenged have the right to a hearing.
Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee and some Michigan voters filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction prohibiting Republicans from challenging voters who have homes on foreclosure lists.
For more information on the lawsuit and mortgage foreclosure and voting rights, check out Total Bankruptcy’s recent article, Obama Campaign Files Lawsuit over Foreclosure Challenges.
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