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-- Ovetta Wiggins
Flier Fraud Proposal Considered
The House Ways and Means Committee received testimony on a bill that would make it illegal for campaign material to contain fraudulent information. Campaign literature could not misrepresent a candidate's party affiliation or falsely imply that a candidate has been nominated by a party. It also would prohibit a candidate from falsely claiming to be an incumbent.
The measure is a response to the distribution of literature by the campaign of former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) in the final days before last year's general election. Critics said that the fliers, which were handed out in Prince George's County by poor workers from outside the state, misleadingly suggested that GOP candidates were Democrats and had the support of key black Democrats.
Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg (D-Baltimore) said the bill also addresses the training of election judges, the extension of polling hours if polling places do not open on time and provisional voting.
Terry Lierman, chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, said he promised to pursue the issue even if the Democrats won the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. "It's high time that Maryland be among those states that repudiate fraud in voting and insist upon accurate information at the polls and throughout the election process," he said.
-- Ovetta Wiggins
