On the day the judge was to hear arguments in the Barack Obama campaign’s lawsuit against the Republican National Committee, the Michigan Republican Party and the Macomb County Republican Party over alleged plans to use foreclosure lists to challenge Michigan voters at the polls on election day, the parties agreed to dismiss the case and issue a joint statement to reassure voters that such challenges will not occur.

Here is the statement they released in full:

“Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee and individual Macomb County residents have alleged that the Republican National Committee, the Michigan Republican Party and the Macomb County Republican Party were planning to use foreclosure lists to challenge certain voters on Election Day. The Republicans have denied the allegations and have stated that they never intended to challenge voters based on any such list. To clarify the matter for all voters, all parties are pleased that they agree that the existence of a person’s address on a foreclosure list does not provide a reasonable basis for challenging the person’s eligibility to vote and that none of these parties will challenge any voter’s eligibility on that basis.”

The Michigan Messenger will have much more on this as the story develops.