No Kings protesters ignore organizers' nonpartisan rules

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox reports protesters at official No Kings events urged people to vote blue, even though the organizers' rules forbid it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorZelda Ngata runs a group that polices such rules. Did the rule work?

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   Zelda NgataYes, the rule worked beautifully.

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   Zelda NgataOur toolkit says events must not be partisan, and that sentence is right here in my laminated rulebook, coffee ring included.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo why did a twenty-six-year-old in Alexandria say the organizers can say whatever, and that she was saying vote blue?

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   Zelda NgataThat is one person expressing a, let's say, enthusiastic civic preference. She was also holding a dog, and nobody regulates the dog.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe dog was a thirteen-year-old Maltese-poodle named Maybellene. In Roseburg, Oregon, local activists suggested signs saying Republicans had their chance. Is that civic enthusiasm too?

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   Zelda NgataThat is a spirited, community-flavored message, not a partisan one. Partisan would be if we meant it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou meant it?

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    Zelda NgataNo. I meant the sign was not an official sign.

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    Zelda NgataThe official signs are neutral, and we print them in a neutral shade, which is a very light blue.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrganizers say the rule exists because federal law regulates the nonprofits funding the protests.