Colorado Republicans are once again raising concerns about some ads they say are not only deceptive but illegal. via Meghan_Lopez
Last week, the state’s GOP decried some television commercials that were paid for by Democratic-backed groups targeting state Rep. Ron Hanks and gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez. Republicans claimed those ads were actually attempting to encourage conservative voters to cast ballots for those candidates.
“They're acting like this is the Republican Party doing it. They're saying the Republican Party has endorsed a particular candidate, that the Republican Party is sending these mailers, and we're not doing that,” Burton Brown said. The state’s GOP is now considering a possible defamation lawsuit against the people behind those mailers. Election law attorney Mario Nicholais says that could be difficult to prove, though, since the legal bar for defamation is set so high.
The false endorsement isn’t the only issue Republicans are raising with the mailers. Nowhere on the ad is there a disclaimer saying who paid for it or is behind it, which is a violation of federal election law.
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