underhanded and quite unfortunate. Sadly, this doesn't seem to be uncommon. In one city-level referendum I am personally familiar with, both sides of the refe

underhanded and quite unfortunate. Sadly, this doesn't seem to be uncommon. In one city-level referendum I am personally familiar with, both sides of the referendum submitted an argument to be put into the election materials. The "Yes" side (loosen a safety regulation) drastically misrepresented the status quo, implying that there was no safety regulation to begin with, and that their referendum would create it. But in reality, the "Yes" vote would loosen an existing regulation.