Facebook’s election ad rules snag challenger candidates
Shastina Sandman is waiting for a letter from Facebook, coming by U.S. mail, that she hopes will contain a verification code to buy ads for her upcoming primary in California’s 48th Congressional District.
She’s running out of time. The primary to determine who will advance to the November general election is Tuesday.
Sandman is caught in Facebook’s new, stringent vetting process to approve political ads, a response to foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential race. Some candidates from Florida, Mississippi and other states say they have been impacted as well.