Remember the days when the only people who could vote were white males that owned property? We thought those days were long behind us, but apparently, John McCain and his Michigan crew feel otherwise.

Recently, Michigan Messenger uncovered a John McCain and Michigan Republican Party co-plot that seems to have come straight out of the 18th century playbook. In a phone interview with Michigan Messenger writer Eartha Jane Melzer, James Carabelli, chairman of the Macomb County GOP, revealed that the party has a list of foreclosed homes in Macomb County, and will be doing everything in its power to make sure that those voters are turned away from the polls.

As if it wasn’t enough for John McCain to take up residence with Trott and Trott – one of Michigan’s premier foreclosure law firms – and spend the past eight years supporting legislation that has brought about Michigan’s highest foreclosure rate in decades, but now he feels the need to keep these people from casting ballots, too. What do you do for an encore, Sen. McCain: demand that voters have a credit score of 825 in order to cast a ballot?

People, the time to speak up is now. Go to http://progressmichigan.org/nohomenovote and let John McCain know that this is unacceptable. Every American deserves the right to vote, whether they’re Republican, Democrat, or independent – it’s one of the most basic elements of what makes this country great. Some groups – women, minorities, lower classes – have fought and even died for the right to vote: a right that is supposed to be guaranteed, regardless of sex, race, and yes, even property ownership. Don’t let John McCain and the Michigan GOP or any other group or party undermine that Constitutional fact. Sign the petition today and spread the word!