From jsonline: Clear Channel Outdoor is taking down the "Voter Fraud is a Felony!"
billboards that drew protests from community groups that labeled them efforts to
suppress the vote in low-income and minority communities.
And the billboard company also said that it's working with the City of
Milwaukee Election Commission to do digital bulletins, digital posters and
transit shelter totems as space becomes available to promote a positive election
message that states: "Skip the election day line - vote early."
Early in-person absentee voting starts Monday.
Jim Cullinan, vice president of corporate communications for Clear Channel
Outdoor, said in a statement: "We reviewed the situation, and in light of the
fact that these billboards violate our policy of not accepting anonymous
political ads, we asked the client how they would prefer to work with us to
bring the boards into conformance with our policy.
"The client thought the best solution was to take the boards down, so we are
in the process of removing them."
Work to take down the billboards will take only a couple of days, he
said.
Earlier, Cullinan said there are 85 such billboards throughout the metro
area.
The billboards, which went up two weeks ago, state that they are paid for by
"a private family foundation."...
Mike Wilder, director of the African-American Roundtable and a member of the
staff of Citizen Action of Wisconsin, said Sunday he was "very pleased that
Clear Channel is apparently doing the right thing . . .
"The decision made by Clear Channel to take these voter intimidation
billboards down and, in addition, put up positive billboards promoting voting
gets us one small, yet significant, step closer to a stronger democracy," he
said. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/clear-channel-billboards-on-voter-fraud-to-come-down-kb7a4pj-175165001.html
So, speaking the truth is voter suppression in some idiot's eyes?
So, now we are limiting free speech because some liberal morons are afraid of the truth. What a pathetic country we now live in thanks Obama and liberals.
Tammytalk, But NO Questions Taken
19 minutes ago
In many cases, suppressing the vote is achieved by perception. Even though it is a rare phenomenon, it's being touted as a huge threat. Make people believe it happens all the time, and you change their behavior and attitudes. Make people believe that they need ID to vote--even if they don't--and you may discourage them from showing up.
ReplyDeleteIt skews people's perception of the urgency (or lack thereof, depending) of voting. It skews their trust of the election result. It skews their attitude about Voter ID and other voting laws. If you think the flood of new Republican-sponsored voting laws across the country was all in response to 10 cases of voter fraud, I've got a bridge to sell ya!