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Title: Black lawmakers call for probe of GOP House candidate over campaign ad with wrong election date
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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
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Views: 770
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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. Poster Comment: The hurt feelings crew is out in force in Yahoo comments :)
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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)
Simple mistake. The make-believing voting is on the 5th, The riots are on the 6th. Democrats assume blacks are incapable of looking at a calendar. Or obtaining a drivers license or State ID.
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
I'm not much better. I had to look at my damn day clock to figure out it's not Friday. Then I had to look at my calendar to see if tomorrow is a recycle day or not. My days just drag on interminably when Kim's not here. I can see that. I think it took me a month or two to get my stuff in order to get my 'starred' (enhanced) driver's license. My SS card and birth certificate got lost along the way somewhere (my federal pilot's license IS NOT a suitable form of ID according to the state of Indiana). I remember thinking, "If I'm having this much trouble, it must be damn near impossible for everybody else." Pretty much the same deal when I wanted to get my SS retirement. They wanted all my marriage and divorce documents and stuff. I had Marla drive me down to the courthouse to get it. It was during the Three Rivers Festival and parking was impossible downtown. I had her drive me out to the SSA in Waynedale to drop it off, so we went and visited Sling Blade and the Squirt while we were that far out. My CDL was stolen when I was in the nursing home to recover from the Meningitis. I had to send to Chicago for my Birth Certificate to prove who I was so I could get a State ID. I know you believe the hoops I had to jump thru in all this. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
I wonder how many of them were from Detroit? ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Some things just aren't worth it without an EBT card attached.
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 "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Where I work they cannot put PVC into the recycling bales since when they melt it, it releases Chlorine gas. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
That made me laugh, twice, with a side of snickering.
Are you sure it's not malt leeker?
I do not recall what kind of beer they tried to buy. LOL "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
...tells voters to vote on November 6, when Election Day is on November 5.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
#2. To: Esso (#1)
#3. To: Dakmar (#2)
Democrats assume blacks are incapable of looking at a calendar.
Or obtaining a drivers license or State ID.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
#4. To: Esso (#3)
State ID
#5. To: Dakmar (#0)
Black state lawmakers in Michigan
#6. To: Dakmar (#2)
#7. To: ghostrider (#6)
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
#8. To: ghostrider (#6)
(Edited)
EBT card
#9. To: Esso (#7)
recycle
#10. To: Esso (#7)
#11. To: BTP Holdings (#8)
To blacks, beer is food. LOL
#12. To: ghostrider (#11)
Are you sure it's not malt leeker?
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