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Blurred lines: Accusations of deception crescendo before Election Day

Looser rules for ballot question campaigns underly allegations of dishonesty in campaign marketing

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Oct 27, 2024
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The finger-pointing between political campaigns accusing one another of misleading or inaccurate advertising has reached critical mass.

But whether or not it's true that recreational marijuana will turn kids into fentanyl addicts; if legal pot really does promise bags of cash for tax collectors; if the state’s primary elections oppress military members; or if an income tax will follow a food tax repeal — that hasn’t stopped an onslaught of marketing across the digital, television, and radio waves leading up to Election Day.

And with seven initiatives awaiting consideration by South Dakota voters, there’s been no shortage of ballot question committees clamoring about deceptive marketing by the opposition.

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