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The wingnuts were drawing a parallel to a BROADCASTING OUTLET that is religious (and wingnut) in focus, but NOT non-profit. & Univision is running a CITIZENSHIP drive among green carders. Upon achieving CITIZENSHIP they *would* be "eligible to be registered to vote. Agree that not everybody registering is certain to vote Democratic.

But as for religious outfits being limited in their political activities, well on my local radio talk station, which has an all wingnut line-up, they constantly run ads sponsored by a church that attacks Libs. I tried calling the IRS to find out about filing a complaint, but it was a MAZE of calls talking to people who passed the buck and ending with somebody who said that they are not in the business of curtailing free speech. I think that so long as they don't endorse a particular candidate or party by name they can't be pinned down, but its obvious who they are pulling for.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117876675523098194-search.html?KEYWORDS=univision&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month

Univision Gives Citizenship Drive An Unusual Lift

By Miriam Jordan
Word Count: 1,876 | Companies Featured in This Article: Univision
Backed by the largest Spanish-language broadcast network in the U.S., a massive campaign by Latino media and grass-roots groups to spur millions of eligible Hispanic residents to become U.S. citizens is showing results that could influence the agenda and outcome of the 2008 election.

More than eight million green-card holders -- that is, legal permanent residents -- are eligible to become U.S. citizens, and the majority are immigrants of Latin American origin, according to U.S. government data. Now, Univision Communications Inc. is using its considerable clout with the Spanish-speaking community in the U.S. to turn this latent voting bloc into ...

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