ADADThe ads were sponsored by a little-known group called Protect My Vote and appeared in response to Google searches for “mail-in voting” in numerous battleground states. Most voters, one common variation of the ad said, “think mail-in voting and absentee voting are the same. There are different safeguards for each.”But in Texas, for example, there are not distinct processes for absentee voting and voting by mail, making the claims in the ad inaccurate. ADIn the case of Iowa, for instance, there is an opportunity to vote absentee in person, as opposed to the all-mail option. Facebook and Google allow political ads.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2020 16:10 UTC