Ohio Citizens PAC filed a complaint against the Ohio Republican Party for the state central committee campaign flyers it sent out on behalf of Jon Stainbrook and Meghan Gallagher.
Here is the flyer I received, which is the same one in the complaint:
The complaint alleges that the claim of being able to stop Obamacare is patently false and intended to mislead voters.
Stainbrook and Gallagher weren't the only ones. The ORP sent the same flyer in other districts as well.
The complaint asks for a hearing prior to the May 6 election date which is when the central committees of the state and local parties will be elected.
Here is the press release:
Ohio Citizens PAC files Complaint with Ohio Election Commission against Ohio Republican Party Flyers
Akron, OH – Today, the Ohio Citizens PAC filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission concerning the mailers produced and sent out by the Ohio Republican Party claiming that endorsed Republican State Central Committee candidates can “Vote Republican’s Stainbrook and Gallagher to Stop Obmacare.” A statement that the Ohio Citizens PAC says is patently false and is intended to mislead voters. Multiple versions of the mailer were sent out around the state with the names of the endorsed State Central Committee candidates changed to match the district.
Tom Zawistowski, President of the Ohio Citizens PAC, said “This type of unethical behavior by ORP Chairman Matt Borges and others within the Ohio Republican Party has got to stop. The statements on these mailers are clearly an intentional attempt to misleads voters by making a false claim of some legislative authority being held by Republican State Central Committee members which simply does not exist. Not only are their actions unethical, they are insulting to the educated Republican party base who will vote in Tuesday’s primary election. We are asking the Ohio Elections Commission to hold a hearing on this issue before the election and to force the Ohio Republican Party to take action to inform voters of the truth.”
Zawistowski concluded by saying, “Unfortunately, this incident is a part of a pattern of unethical behavior that resonates from the ORP Chairman right through to the local level. The people endorsed by the Ohio Citizens PAC for State Central Committe who are listed on our website at www.OhioCitizensPAC.org are running for two simple reasons. First, they have all pledged to vote, if elected, for the Ohio Republican Party to adopt the National Republican Party Platform, because the ORP currently has no platform of its own. Second, to hold Republican elected officials accountable to the values and principles within the National Republican Party Platform, which is why the ORP currently does not have a platform because they do not want Republican elected official to be held accountable to anything. Sending out this flyer shows the desperation of the ORP leadership to keep control of the state central committee and that they will do anything to keep their power – including lying to voters. We are hopeful that primary votes will see the truth and vote in our candidates to restore the Ohio Republican Party to Republican values and principles.”
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9 comments:
Libtards complaining about unethical behavior is like Kim Jong-un complaining about unethical behavior.
Then there is the issue of Dimocrat election fraud in Ohio and elsewhere we can discuss.
Oops, I was thinking Ohio Citizen's PAC was a different group. My bad.
Mike - this is a conservative group that has filed the complaint...the quote in the press release is from the guy who challenged the current ORP chairman....
I received two of these flyers. I wrote to the Chairman of the GOP Party demanding the truth on this issue. His name was on the flyer. I did this Monday - so far no response.
Sherry
To my knowledge and experience, the OEC has no jurisdiction in State Committee races.
They're the agency empowered to enforce the 'false speech' law - the one that is currently being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court. So I'm thinking they probably do have some authority....
3517.01(C)(3) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in division (H) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code and also includes any person who, at any time before or after an election, receives contributions or makes expenditures or other use of contributions, has given consent for another to receive contributions or make expenditures or other use of contributions, or appoints a campaign treasurer, for the purpose of bringing about the person's nomination or election to public office. When two persons jointly seek the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, "candidate" means the pair of candidates jointly. "Candidate" does not include candidates for election to the offices of member of a county or state central committee, presidential elector, and delegate to a national convention or conference of a political party.
The facts on Kasich's view on Obamacare are pretty well known. I wrote a blog post on this issue.
Interesting - so the false statement law excludes false statements made about candidates for central committee? How convenient...
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