pa href="https://news.yahoo.com/michigan-official-slams-racial-stereotypes-193009225.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/c9GfoKsEPl8sO5Hcaf1.tQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/https://media.zenfs.com/en-US/reuters.com/754b1a0f610c75f46fa322ce4e05381b" width="130" height="86" alt="Michigan official slams racial #39;stereotypes#39; in mail-voting robocalls" align="left" title="Michigan official slams racial #39;stereotypes#39; in mail-voting robocalls" border="0" /aA top official in the Michigan, a battleground U.S. election state, on Thursday condemned a computerized phone call campaign for using "racially charged stereotypes" to discourage voting by mail. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat and the state's top election official, posted on Twitter a recording of the robocall, in which a person made false claims that people who vote by mail could be subject to more scrutiny by police and by credit card companies seeking payment. "My office has received a recording of a robocall targeting Detroit voters using racially-charged stereotypes and false information to deter voting by mail," Benson said in a tweet.pbr clear="all"
