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Mon Nov 3, 2014, 05:48 PM Nov 2014

Judge denies Grimes' request to stop GOP mailers

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/03/3517231/judge-denies-grimes-request-to.html?sp=/99/322/&ihp=1

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Grimes campaign manager Jonathan Hurst said in a statement, "It's reprehensible that Mitch McConnell is celebrating lying, intimidating and bullying Kentucky voters from exercising their right to vote. There's no low too low for Mitch McConnell in his personal quest for power."

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In a lawsuit filed Friday, the Grimes campaign said the mailer is false and misleading in that it implies to voters that they have violated Kentucky election laws.

The mailer is emblazoned with "Election Violation Notice" and states that "you are at risk of acting on fraudulent information that has been targeted for citizens living in" the recipient's county.

A one-page letter inside lists what it calls "blatant lies" told by Grimes, saying, "Grimes should be ashamed of herself."

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Judge denies Grimes' request to stop GOP mailers (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2014 OP
Calling her a liar whilst lying.... louis-t Nov 2014 #1
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