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<div>Electioneering: "persuasion of voters in a political campaign"</div>
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<div>Can any of the statements in the Mayor's post (see below) be construed as "electioneering"? Specifically, those statements around which I placed asterisks?</div>
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<div>Not complaining, just seeking clarification.</div>
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<div>Adrianne Lefkowitz (apparent Town Contrarian)</div>
<div>Madison Street</div>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_d40e4f4f-44a3-4902-a9a4-40a93f542d46><PRE><TT>Dear voters,
<snip>...These paper postings, along with an advertisement in a paper of general
circulation (we use the Town Crier), are the Charter mandated means of
getting information about elections out to you. (emphasis added AML) ****Anything that is done by the
town beyond that represents the Mayor and Council going extra steps to give
information to the public.***
You will note that when the announcement went out electronically via
the Town Announce it included for each candidate the 1) phone number; 2)
email address; and 3) web site (if the candidate has one). If you want to
have a one-on-one discussion with the candidates for office (Emphasis added AML) ****you are better
able to do that now than in any election that has ever occurred in the
history of Riverdale Park****--and Riverdale Park already had a very good record
of constituent access to candidates.
(Emphasis added AML) ****Every Council member in one way or another advocated providing more
information to improve electronic/voice access to the candidates. The only
no vote on the current policy for improving this access came from a council
member who wanted to go farther still...****
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Best wishes,
Vern
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(Emphasis added AML) Vernon Archer, ****Mayor
Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland****
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