DENVER - Clear Channel Radio has pulled anti-Amendment 46 advertisements from the airwaves of two Denver radio stations after complaints were lodged concerning misrepresentation, false impersonation, and the use of a racially loaded term.

"Our opposition has spread vicious, personal attacks throughout its campaign but this most recent effort took it to a whole new level with its racist undertones and false impersonation," said Jessica Peck Corry, executive director of the Amendment 46 campaign. "We applaud Clear Channel's decision."

According to Clear Channel officials, proponents of the spot now have the option to redesign it to comply with Clear Channel's advertising standards. The spot was scheduled to run on 850 KOA and KBCO 97.3 FM from October 28th until Election Day.

In the spot, two men discuss Amendment 46, with one purporting to be Ward Connerly, one of CoCRI's lead financial backers. The 60 second piece attacks Connerly's character and refers to him as an "out-of-state carpet bagger". Historically, white segregationists used this term to describe those individuals, including freed blacks, who moved to the south in the fight to protect the civil rights of former slaves.

"It's incredibly ironic that our opposition would use this derogatory term to describe Mr. Connerly, someone who is a true civil rights hero," Corry added.

Connerly, founder and President of the American Civil Rights Institute, previously served as a Regent of the University of California and is the author of "Lessons from my Uncle James: Beyond skin color to the content of our character."

Multiple national independent polls show that a substantial majority of Colorado voters are expected to vote in favor of Amendment 46.

Find a copy of the anti-Amendment 46 spot here.

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