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After some uproar was caused with the Maricopa County Elections Department printing the wrong election date in Spanish on a few materials, it’s now spending money on a Spanish-only campaign to tell voters the correct election day.
Two items distributed by the elections office listed Election Day as November 6 in English, but right next to it, the erroneous date of 8 de Noviembre was listed in Spanish.
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Numerous Latino community leaders showed up for the elections department’s announcement on the Spanish-language campaign — including state Senator Steve Gallardo and state Representative Martin Quezada — and everyone in attendance voiced their support of the move.
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“It’s not a crime to make a printing error,” Gallardo said. “It’s a crime if you don’t do anything.”
County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox said the plan is to use $30,000 in county funds for this campaign — which includes flyers, radio ads, and TV ads — but added that “if we need more, we will evaluate that.”
The ads explain that an error was made, and reminds Spanish-speaking voters that the election date is November 6.
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