{"id":1180,"date":"2024-06-27T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T17:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1180"},"modified":"2024-06-27T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T17:04:02","slug":"r-i-official-says-gop-senate-candidate-is-spreading-misinformation-about-voter-data","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/press\/r-i-official-says-gop-senate-candidate-is-spreading-misinformation-about-voter-data\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I. 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Official says GOP Senate Candidate is spreading \"misinformation\" about voter data\r\n\r\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">This article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2024\/04\/09\/metro\/ri-official-says-gop-senate-candidate-is-spreading-misinformation-about-voter-data\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">originally appeared<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in the Boston Globe on April 9, 2024 and was written by Edward Fitzpatrick. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Below is Common Cause staff\u2019s quote included in the article following allegations of spreading \"misinformation\" against GOP Senate Candidate Patricia Morgan. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Rhode Island executive director John M. Marion said ERIC is the best tool available to help states clean up voter rolls by comparing them with other states. \u201cFor many years, it has been a talking point on the right that we need to do more to clean our voter rolls, yet the right has attacked the one tool created to effectively do that,\u201d he said. \u201cFor many Republicans, this is cutting off their nose to spite their face.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">To read the full article, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2024\/04\/09\/metro\/ri-official-says-gop-senate-candidate-is-spreading-misinformation-about-voter-data\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">click here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R.I. 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