May an environmental group send out voting reminder cards and state that voters should support candidates that support the environment?
A. An organization can say, “Support candidates that support the environment” as long as the environment is not a critically important issue on which the two candidates differ. The more complicated issue is how they can link the voting reminder to the environment. It is acceptable to mention broad issues in Get Out The Vote (GOTV) campaigns – and the “environment” is a broad issue if it is not a high profile issue in the campaign. It would also not be a problem if the environmental group wanted to mention a more specific issue, such as “cut down on toxic pollutants” or “save the trees in the western part of the state” as long as that specific issue has not become a high profile issue in the campaign. If the environment is a high profile issue in the campaign and one over which candidates are divided, the group should stay away from mentioning it in their GOTV campaign. In summary, if the environment is not a high profile issue and if they define the issue broadly the group should be ab
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