LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters said Monday that she and her office were misrepresented in recent campaign advertising in support of a marijuana cultivation initiative.
Registrar of Voters Diane Fridley said the Lake County Citizens for Responsible Regulations sponsored by the Lake County Green Farmers Associations paid for a political advertisement in both the Lake County Record-Bee and the Penny Slaver “which was an erroneous and inappropriate message that appeared to indicate that the Lake County Registrar of Voters supported Measure D.”
Fridley added, “This advertisement was printed without my permission and I would never publicly support or oppose a political issue in Lake County.”
The ad stated that, “according to the Lake County Registrar of Voters” Measure D accomplishes items including land use regulation and legal controls, things that Fridley said she has never stated about the measure.
Fridley said the sample ballot booklet her office printed and distributed includes the full text of Measure D, County Counsel Anita Grant’s impartial analysis of the initiative, and the arguments submitted in favor of and against Measure D as well the rebuttal arguments.
“The Registrar of Voters responsibility is to provide unbiased voting information to voters and not to promote any measure or candidate being voted on in Lake County,” Fridley said.