Criminalizing Voter Information Mailers

Turning routine government voter communications into felony electioneering sets a new, chilling precedent. Charging a county executive for a flyer that listed opponents and implied a 'no' vote blurs the line between information and advocacy and invites selective enforcement. This raises the stakes around ambiguous election‑law boundaries. — Expanding criminal liability to gray‑area messaging gives partisan actors a potent tool to hobble local governance and shape elections via prosecution.