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The story goes, some anonymous person/group put up fear-mongering billboards in poor areas in Ohio to intimidate people from voting... and Clear Channel (billboard owners) has a policy of no anonymous political billboards... so when confronted to become non-anonymous, they refused and opted to pull down their billboard postings.
SETEC Astronomy is a phrase I pulled from a movie I really like called "Sneakers". SETEC Astronomy is an anagram for "Too Many Secrets".
I'm not liking this kind of secretive bull****. If you think you are doing something moral and right, why go to such extreme lengths to hide? Unless of course you know damn well what you are doing is ethically wrong of course.
SETEC Astronomy is a phrase I pulled from a movie I really like called "Sneakers". SETEC Astronomy is an anagram for "Too Many Secrets".
I'm not liking this kind of secretive bull****. If you think you are doing something moral and right, why go to such extreme lengths to hide? Unless of course you know damn well what you are doing is ethically wrong of course.
Ohio voter fraud billboards to come down, sponsor stays unnamed
More than 140 billboards in Ohio and Wisconsin warning of the criminal consequences of voter fraud will be taken down starting on Monday after the sponsor chose to remove them rather than reveal its identity, the billboard owner said.
The billboards, which show a large judge's gavel and read "Voter Fraud is a felony - up to 3 ½ years and a $10,000 fine," went up primarily in low-income minority neighborhoods in early October, just weeks before the November 6 elections, and were immediately criticized by voter rights groups as an attempt to intimidate minority voters.
The sponsor was not identified on the billboards owned by Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. The company said this was a violation of its policy against anonymous political ads.
After discussions, the sponsor, whom Clear Channel Outdoor has called a "private family foundation" but declined to name, "thought the best solution was to take the boards down, so we are in the process of removing them," the company said in a statement.
More than 140 billboards in Ohio and Wisconsin warning of the criminal consequences of voter fraud will be taken down starting on Monday after the sponsor chose to remove them rather than reveal its identity, the billboard owner said.
The billboards, which show a large judge's gavel and read "Voter Fraud is a felony - up to 3 ½ years and a $10,000 fine," went up primarily in low-income minority neighborhoods in early October, just weeks before the November 6 elections, and were immediately criticized by voter rights groups as an attempt to intimidate minority voters.
The sponsor was not identified on the billboards owned by Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. The company said this was a violation of its policy against anonymous political ads.
After discussions, the sponsor, whom Clear Channel Outdoor has called a "private family foundation" but declined to name, "thought the best solution was to take the boards down, so we are in the process of removing them," the company said in a statement.