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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 09:17 AM
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Wis. candidate can't use controversial description (in voting machine)
Edited on Thu Jul-22-10 09:20 AM by Renew Deal
MADISON, Wis. — A legislative candidate from Wisconsin can't use a profane, racially charged phrase to describe herself on the ballot, an election oversight board decided Wednesday.

Ieshuh Griffin, an independent running for a downtown Milwaukee seat in the state Assembly, wants to use the phrase, "NOT the 'whiteman's b----.'"

But the state's Government Accountability Board voted to bar that wording, agreeing with a staff recommendation that it is pejorative and therefore not allowed.

State law allows independent candidates to have five words describing themselves placed after their names on the ballot as long as it's not pejorative, profane, discriminatory or includes an obscene word or phrase.

Griffin, who is black, argued her case to the five white, retired judges on the board that regulates elections. She said the phrase was protected free speech.

"It's a freedom of expression," she said. "It's not racial. It's not a slur."

She convinced three of the judges that the wording should be allowed, but two said it should not. One judge was absent, and Griffin needed four votes to succeed. Griffin said she intends to seek an injunction in federal court.
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Travis_0004 Donating Member (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 09:31 AM
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1. Does she intend on winning the race?
I don't vote on candidates because of skin color, but if you put something stupid like that, there is no way I would vote for her, and I would imagine most voters would feel the same way.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 09:48 AM
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2. Messaging is a strong part of campaigns
Edited on Thu Jul-22-10 09:48 AM by Renew Deal
I find her message refreshing and original. :D
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