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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
An advertisement in which one candidate says, hey, my opponent took this position and said such and such, and that is not true. That is not true. That is a violation?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions if false opponent quotes in ads violate election law.

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