A misleading mailer sent out by the state GOP may lead to legal issues in the Kentucky Senate race

BEN JONES/THE DAILY BEAST

The Daily Beast has learned from a source on the campaign of Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Grimes that they are “exploring all available legal options” to confront an anti-Grimes mailer sent out by the Republican Party of Kentucky and approved by the campaign of incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell labeled “Election Violation Notice.”

The official mailer, first reported by Salon.com and already derided by The Washington Post, is labeled on its envelope as containing facts related to a possible fraud being perpetrated on citizens across Kentucky.” It also includes the specific county that the voter lives in with the warning that “you are at risk of acting on fraudulent information that has been targeted for voters living in [county name].” The envelope also contains a warning about the federal penalties for obstructing the mail. Inside though, the message is anything but official. MORE…

The facts behind the Alliance for Better Florida Community’s misleading mailers

MARK SCHUMANN

Given that we all tend to believe what we want to believe, it might seem futile to point out the exaggerated, almost fraudulent claims being made by at least one electioneering communications organization supporting Harry Howle, III, Pilar Turner and Charlie Wilson. Still, voters have a right to know truth, even if some ultimately choose to embrace fantasy.

The Alliance for Better Florida Communities, and ECO funded by the George E. Warren Corporation, The Hill Group, Florida Power & Light and half a dozen companies in the citrus industry, has spent nearly $18,000 trying to convince Vero Beach voters they will save 30 percent on their electric bills, if Howle, Turner and Wilson are elected.

For starters, the Alliance offers voters the unqualified assurance Howle, Turner and Wilson will find a way out of contracts already validated by the Florida Supreme Court. Sure, FPL may have a secret plan shared only with Howle, Turner and Wilson, but in advance of election day no one is talking — probably because FPL’s plan involves significant additional costs to the residents and taxpayer of Vero Beach. MORE…