There are a lot of subterranean efforts afoot around the country right now to suppress the vote of various racial minorities. But a group styling itself Latinos for Reform is taking a more straightforward approach: they’re running ads in Nevada asking Latino voters simply not to vote.

Videos after the jump.Here’s the commercial translated into English …

And here’s the Spanish language version which is actually airing …

The ads are the work of Robert Desposada, a Republican political consultant and Univision pundit.

(h/t) Ben Smith.

Late Update: Our Brian Beutler interviews the guy behind the ads.