| Earlier this month, dozens of billboards appeared in predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhoods in Cleveland and elsewhere warning that "VOTER FRAUD IS A FELONY!" and can lead to prison sentences of up to three and a half years. In no small part because voters are more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit fraud at the polls, the billboards were widely viewed as an effort to intimidate minority voters who are uncertain about their rights from voting. Clear Channel Outdoor, which owns the billboards that displayed the intimidating message, eventually agreed to remove the message and donate space on 10 billboards to display a counter-message clarifying that "VOTING IS A RIGHT. NOT A CRIME!"
Clear Channel explained that it would pull the billboards because they "violate our policy of not accepting anonymous political ads." The identity of the big GOP funders... |
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