Groups protest voter fraud ads

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | October 12, 2010 | Georgia Pabst

[chickadee]

Several community groups Tuesday condemned billboards throughout Milwaukee that warn "Voter Fraud is a Felony," saying they are an attempt by right-wing sources to intimidate and suppress minority voting.

At a press conference in front of one of the billboards at S. 22nd St. and W. Morgan Ave., the groups called on Clear Channel Outdoor, the owner of the billboards, to take down the ads and disclose who paid for them.

The bottom of the billboards, which show people behind jail bars, the words "We Voted Illegally" and the penalty for voting illegally, disclose only that the billboards were paid for "by a private family foundation."

"We're tired of these tactics and signs like these that keep various groups from participating," said Jayme Montgomery-Baker, state director of the League of Young Voters. "There are so many other issues we should be talking about, like jobs, education and health care."

[AbolishCSEU]

We need anothe Guiliani; OUST BLOOMBERG!!!

[uncommonsense]

"This is nonsense. Have we reached the point where explaining the law to people is now wrong?"

It's wrong to explain the law to some groups of people. The rules are:

1) It is now impermissible to explain the law to citizens or illegals of hispanic, middle eastern, and African descent.

2) It is OK to overtly thwart the exercising of constitutional rights by military personnel or people of european or asian descent.

[wontbackdown]

The Cross Lutheran Church in Milwaukee has a website with a phone number and an email address. Let’s tell them what we think of their idiotic complaints.

[chickadee]

Well, darn, where were you 8 days ago when this was news:)