Republican Senate aspirant Sharron Angle’s campaign today denounced a controversial ad urging Hispanic voters in Nevada not to vote — but Democrats replied that isn’t sufficient. The ad caused national uproar after reports linked its sponsor to Republicans.

“No ad should for aye discourage voters from voting or expressing their opinions at the vote box,” Angle’s spokesman Jarrod Agen said in a statement to ABC News.

Angle declared in a radio interview today that not encouraging voters to approach out would be “exactly the wrong thing to do in this preference.”

Sen. Harry Reid’s campaign had blasted Angle’s silence in successi~ the issue as “reprehensible,” and the Senate majority leader accused her of “severe to keep people from voting.”

“The fact that Sharron Angle refused to converse out against these truly abhorrent tactics should tell all Nevadans, and especially the Hispanic voters she’d proffer be silenced, everything they need to know about why she’s unseemly to represent our state in the U.S. Senate,” Reid’s prolocutor Kelly Steele said in a statement.

The “Don’t Vote” ad, made through a little-known group called Latinos for Reform, encourages Hispanics stay away from the polls as a way to send a message to Democrats.

“Clearly, the Democratic predominance betrayed us,” the English-language ad goes. “And now, when they stand in want of our votes, they are at it again with more empty promises.”

“This November, we want to send a message to all politicians. If they can’t retain their promise on immigration reform, then they can’t count in successi~ our vote. Democratic leaders must pay for their broken promises and betrayals,” it continues. “Don’t vote this November. This is the only way to send them a quick message. You can no longer take us for granted. Don’t ballot.”

Robert de Posada, the group’s head, says the ad doesn’t specifically mark Democrats, but no Republican lawmakers are shown in either the English or the Spanish-speech ads.

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Hispanic groups from on every side the country were quick to denounce the effort. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials before-mentioned, “It is the height of cynicism to encourage voters to rise themselves irrelevant by not exercising their right to be heard. This harkens back to attempts earlier this year at having Latinos boycott the U.S. Census.”

The Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce before-mentioned it was “disheartened by the ads.”

“We encourage all eligible common members to participate in the election and voting processes. We be obliged worked very hard over the years to promote Hispanic participation in the voting trial and were disheartened by the ads produced by Latinos for Reform that discouraged voting. We are pleased that the ads be in possession of been stopped,” Luis Valera, chairman of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce’s provision, said in a statement to ABC News.

Univision yanked the ads from its stations, and distanced itself from de Posada, who has provided political commentary on Univision in the past. De Posada didn’t return ABC News’ calls seeking comment.

“Univision prides itself on promoting civic engagement and our extensive national campaigns encourage Hispanics to vote,” a Univision prolocutor said.

The ad aired on Univision’s radio station five general condition of affairs.

The Hispanic vote is crucial to Reid’s campaign. Hispanics serve up more than a quarter of Nevada’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and take in 14 percent of all eligible voters in Nevada this year.