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Title: Black lawmakers call for probe of GOP House candidate over campaign ad with wrong election date
Source: CNN via Yahoo
URL Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-la ... 050776.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Published: Oct 14, 2024
Author: Annie Grayer and Alison Main, CNN
Post Date: 2024-10-14 22:44:25 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 143
Comments: 12

Black state lawmakers in Michigan have called on the state’s attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett, a GOP candidate for the US House, over a newspaper advertisement in a Black-owned newspaper that listed the wrong date for Election Day.

The complaint from the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus alleges that the Barrett campaign potentially violated state law with the printing of an ad in the Michigan Bulletin, a Black-owned publication serving Lansing, that tells voters to vote on November 6, when Election Day is on November 5.

Ingham County prosecutor John DeWane confirmed to CNN that his office had received the complaint and had referred it to the Michigan Bureau of Elections.

Barrett faces Democrat Curtis Hertel in a competitive race to succeed Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the 7th Congressional District in Central Michigan. Slotkin, who is running for US Senate, defeated Barrett by 5 points two years ago. House Republicans are eyeing at least two pickup opportunities in Michigan as they look to defend their narrow majority, including the race for Slotkin’s seat, which Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates a Toss-up.

Barrett campaign spokesman Jason Roe called the mistaken election date “nothing but a proofing error.”

“Our campaign has been committed to outreach to the Black community and Black leaders because it is important to Senator Barrett that every community be heard in this election,” Roe said. “The publisher of the Bulletin notified us of the error on Saturday and we’ve provided him with revised art for next week’s issue.”

Marcus Jefferson, the president of the Michigan Bulletin, told CNN that he reached out to Barrett’s team after the issue had been raised to him and the campaign told him they had used an old template that had been used for Michigan’s August 6 primary.

The ad, which ran in the October 1 edition of the paper, was the first ad that Barrett had run in the Michigan Bulletin, according to Jefferson.

“I’ve been getting it from all sides,” he said about the reaction to the incorrect ad. Jefferson said he’s been telling his readers, “I’m not in the business of misinforming my readership.”

The campaign pointed to other mailers sent to Black voters that have the correct date for Election Day.

But Democratic state Sens. Erika Geiss and Sarah Anthony, who filed the complaint on behalf of the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, said the fact that Barrett’s ad has the correct date in other publications raises even more concerns and that, as of Sunday, it did not appear that the mistake had been corrected with the Michigan Bulletin.

“At best, Tom Barrett and his Campaign have committed a shocking oversight which will undoubtedly lead to confusion by Black voters in Lansing – in part because they still do not appear to have made any attempt to correct the record,” the lawmakers wrote. “And, at worst, this ad could be part of an intentional strategy to ‘deter’ Black voters by deceiving them into showing up to vote on the day after the 2024 election.”

Jefferson said he will be printing a new, corrected version of Barrett’s ad in the next edition of the paper on Wednesday. That paper will also feature an ad purchased by Hertel’s campaign.


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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)

...tells voters to vote on November 6, when Election Day is on November 5.

Simple mistake. The make-believing voting is on the 5th, The riots are on the 6th.

Esso  posted on  2024-10-15   5:52:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Esso (#1)

Democrats assume blacks are incapable of looking at a calendar. Or obtaining a drivers license or State ID.

Dakmar  posted on  2024-10-15   9:49:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Dakmar (#2)

Some things just aren't worth it without an EBT card attached.

ghostrider  posted on  2024-10-17   18:25:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: ghostrider (#6) (Edited)

EBT card

Back in the early 80s, we would go into this wild joint in Chicago named Carol's Pub. It was a block away from where I went to Grade School.

One night these two black guys walked in. They tried to buy beer to go with the old paper food stamps. The bar tender hollered, "Get the hell out of here!"

One of the black guys started to shoot off his mouth, "Man, who you think you talking to?"

The Doorman was this stocky little guy with a beard and a biker chain for a belt. He knocked that guy out with one punch.

The other one ran for the door. He got hit in the back of the head. He fell against the doorknob and they both got thrown out IN THE STREET.

To blacks, beer is food. LOL

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#11. To: BTP Holdings (#8)

To blacks, beer is food. LOL

Are you sure it's not malt leeker?

ghostrider  posted on  2024-10-17 19:38:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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