Ammendment One Spending
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JACKSON, Tenn — With election day just a day away, Tennessee’s most expensive campaign over “Amendment One” seems too close to call by most expert’s forecast. Financial records for both sides of “Amendment One” have been released. Funds for “Vote No On 1” more than triple the other side. “What’s really the driving force here,” said Rachel Cleveland, a spokesperson for “Yes On 1” in Jackson., “is it money or is it really women’s health? I think if you look at how much they’re pushing at this, it looks like money.” Around $1.9 million of “No on One’s” $3.4 million in donations in the first 24 days of October came from out-of-state groups like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU in Washington, California and Florida. On the other hand, in the same time period, only one donation for “Vote Yes on One” was larger than $15,000, while the rest came mostly from in-state in much smaller amounts. Stephen Hershkowitz, the communications director for “Vote No on One” told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News their funding can seem misleading. In a statement Monday he wrote the following: “Vote No on One” is a grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations here in Tennessee working everyday to make sure voters know that a “no” vote will protect their freedom from government intrusion.” But that is not what Cleveland feels their funds are telling voters. “Millions of dollars coming in from an agency that makes money off of abortion that should tell me something as a Tennessean,” Cleveland said. A recent poll showed released last week said 39 percent of respondents supported the amendment, 32 percent opposed it, and 15 percent were still undecided. The numbers led the poll organizers to deem the results “too close to call”.
