This is a real Hail Mary.
A group trying to kill a pro-abortion New York state ballot proposition is appealing to voters with a massive NFL ad during Bills, Jets and Giants games over the next two weeks.
Vote No on Proposition 1 Spending more than half a million dollars on a TV spot tearing down a proposed extension of the Bill of Rights to the state constitution, which they argue would encourage illegal immigrants to vote and women to play girls’ sports will also be allowed to relocate, a representative of the group told The Post on Thursday.
Paperwork filed with the FCC shows the group is paying $75,000 for a 30-second spot on WUTV, the FOX affiliate in Buffalo.
The representative said they are currently shying away from advertising during the World Series because spots are too expensive.
It is unclear who is funding the campaign by Vote No on Prop 1, but conservative attorney Bobbie Anne Cox is listed as chair of the group.
FCC paperwork shows that New York Republican pollster John McLaughlin is working for the group to help organize the effort.
The group is waiting on the shore as of earlier this week When it released an ad highlighting how the vague language of Proposition 1 could lead to consequences such as voting rights for illegal immigrants.
Critics have also said it could be used to allow trans women to compete in boys’ sports and to allow children to undergo gender reassignment surgery without parental consent.
“New Yorkers are caught off guard by this dangerous amendment, so thankfully these ads are here to let people know what Proposition 1 can do. Prop 1 is a Pandora’s Box that New Yorkers really don’t want to open,” Aisha Kreutz, spokeswoman for the Coalition to Protect Kids NY, a separate anti-Prop 1 group, wrote in a statement to The Post.
Supporters of the proposed amendment bill it as an Equal Rights Amendment and argue that it would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
text of proposal 1 — which will be on the Nov. 5 ballot — says it would “add anti-discrimination provisions to the state constitution.” This includes ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, and gender, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy. “This also includes reproductive health care and autonomy.”
A source close to New Yorkers for Equal Rights, the group pushing for the amendment, said they expected to spend a whopping $2.4 million on ads and mailers supporting Proposition 1 before Election Day.
A spokesperson for the group wrote in an article, “Nearly 70 percent of New Yorkers support Proposition 1 to protect our rights and freedoms, including abortion rights — and no amount of lies or advertising stunts from the anti-abortion opposition will change that ” Statement to post.
a fresh siena college referendum 69% of respondents indicated they would probably support Proposition 1 at the ballot box.
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