Foreclosures come up in election

LANSING, Mich.—An Ohio Republican county chairman says a Web site that made it sound as if he planned to use foreclosure lists to challenge voters owes him an apology.Franklin County GOP Chairman Doug Preisse said last week that a reporter for The Michigan Messenger took comments he made to the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch out of context. Preisse was the second GOP official to take issue with a story published by MichiganMessenger.com saying Republicans were planning to challenge homeowners on foreclosure lists to keep them from voting.The story quoted Macomb County Republican Party Chairman James Carabelli, but Carabelli denies saying that the GOP will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren't voting from those addresses.