PR: Strickland 'Illegal' Mailing
This from the HBJ campaign -- there's more where this came from, I'll report on that story soon. I actually haven't gotten the mailer. If someone wants to scan it -- I'd be happy to post it. -- Sara
Strickland sends out illegal mailing in effort to trick voters
Strickland mailer designed to look like it is coming from Jackson.
Illegally fails to disclose actual sender.
Tony Strickland has reached a new low in his dishonest campaign against Hannah-Beth Jackson. Yesterday, voters in the 19th District received a mailing from Strickland’s campaign titled “Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Economic Plan.” Inside, the mailing contained Strickland’s predictable false charges about Hannah-Beth Jackson and taxes.
The mailing was clearly designed to look like it was coming from Hannah-Beth Jackson’s campaign.
The problem is that nowhere on the piece of mail is the actual sender (Tony Strickland’s State Senate Committee) disclosed. State election law requires the name of the committee to be prominently placed on the outside of every piece of political mail.
We know it comes from Strickland because it has his return address on the piece – postal regulations require a return address. The piece could not be mailed without one.
“Tony Strickland believes he can blatantly violate the law because he knows that the only consequence will be a fine, levied months after the election. Strickland has no regard for the law,” stated Jackson consultant Parke Skelton.
“This was not an inadvertent failure to put the proper disclaimer on the mailer, it is an obvious attempt to confuse voters,” Skelton continued.
This is the prevailing section of the State’s Political Reform Act:
§ 84305. Requirements for Mass Mailing.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no candidate or committee shall send a mass mailing unless the name, street address, and city of the candidate or committee are shown on the outside of each piece of mail in the mass mailing and on at least one of the inserts included within each piece of mail of the mailing in no less than 6-point type which shall be in a color or print which contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible.
“We will be seeking legal remedies to ensure that this illegal election fraud is appropriately punished,” Skelton concluded.
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Strickland sends out illegal mailing in effort to trick voters
Strickland mailer designed to look like it is coming from Jackson.
Illegally fails to disclose actual sender.
Tony Strickland has reached a new low in his dishonest campaign against Hannah-Beth Jackson. Yesterday, voters in the 19th District received a mailing from Strickland’s campaign titled “Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Economic Plan.” Inside, the mailing contained Strickland’s predictable false charges about Hannah-Beth Jackson and taxes.
The mailing was clearly designed to look like it was coming from Hannah-Beth Jackson’s campaign.
The problem is that nowhere on the piece of mail is the actual sender (Tony Strickland’s State Senate Committee) disclosed. State election law requires the name of the committee to be prominently placed on the outside of every piece of political mail.
We know it comes from Strickland because it has his return address on the piece – postal regulations require a return address. The piece could not be mailed without one.
“Tony Strickland believes he can blatantly violate the law because he knows that the only consequence will be a fine, levied months after the election. Strickland has no regard for the law,” stated Jackson consultant Parke Skelton.
“This was not an inadvertent failure to put the proper disclaimer on the mailer, it is an obvious attempt to confuse voters,” Skelton continued.
This is the prevailing section of the State’s Political Reform Act:
§ 84305. Requirements for Mass Mailing.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no candidate or committee shall send a mass mailing unless the name, street address, and city of the candidate or committee are shown on the outside of each piece of mail in the mass mailing and on at least one of the inserts included within each piece of mail of the mailing in no less than 6-point type which shall be in a color or print which contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible.
“We will be seeking legal remedies to ensure that this illegal election fraud is appropriately punished,” Skelton concluded.
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Labels: Hannah-Beth Jackson, SD 19, Tony Strickland
posted by Sara De la Guerra | 10/16/2008 07:29:00 PM
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