Once or twice a cycle or so there are instances when “graphic” campaign ads (or ads with violent images) get attention. Some viewers may find an ad offensive or not suitable for children. Must stations air them? May stations restrict the ads to the evening hours? The Post notes a new example.
Day: October 16, 2010
Legal issues surrounding chili and votes in South Dakota
It made the Times this morning. The attorney general, Marty J. Jackley, sent a letter to both parties Thursday, reminding them as early voting got under way that state and federal law bars giving any item of value in exchange for voting. Republicans had called the rallies a “food-for-votes scheme” that amounted to voter fraud.
Steele on independent groups
In the Hill. Steele said he welcomed the creation of groups like American Crossroads, the GOP-oriented organization affiliated with former Bush White House officials Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, precisely because they can bypass the restrictions that constrain the RNC’s fundraising. “Karl’s group, like many other 527s that are beginning to form within the Republican […]