Elections Complaint Alleges Canvassers are Intentionally Misleading Public About Police Funding Initiative - Portland Mercury
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Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. If true, the conduct would violate state elections rules, and could spell trouble for the petitioners and the company hired to lead […]
  • danciestlobster@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    I wish I could say this felt atypical. In Nebraska basically every petition we have is misrepresented, but even if you record petitioners doing it wrong all it gets is that particular signature thrown out and the rest of the petition is not thrown out. The latest for this year is an anti trans bill aimed at keeping trans athletes out of sports that is being described as “fairness for girls” or “protecting women” with no further elaboration