“Does GOP campaign literature contain a false statement? Ohio Elections Commission to decide”

Cleveland Plain Dealer: “There is probable cause that a piece of anti-Issue 2 campaign literature, distributed by the Ohio GOP, violates Ohio election law, members of the Ohio Elections Commission decided today. The panel voted 4-0 to hold a full hearing Oct. 4 to decide the truthfulness of a claim in the Republican mailer that members of a proposed redistricting commission ‘will be chosen in secret.’ Ohio election law prohibits circulation of false statements to influence ballot issues.”

This is great timing for me as I’m in the midst of writing a piece on regulating false campaign speech.

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