Is Clinton behind the robocalls? 'Women's Voices' is the source...

[babylonsister]

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/04/facing-south-exclusive-dc-nonprofit.asp


FACING SOUTH EXCLUSIVE: D.C. nonprofit aimed at women voters behind deceptive N.C. robo-calls
Who's behind the mysterious "robo-calls" that have spread misleading voter information and sown confusion and frustration among North Carolina residents over the last week?

Facing South has confirmed the source of the calls, and the mastermind is Women's Voices Women Vote, a D.C.-based nonprofit which aims to boost voting among "unmarried women voters."

What's more, Facing South has learned that the firestorm Women's Voices has ignited in North Carolina isn't the group's first brush with controversy. Women's Voices' questionable tactics have spawned thousands of voter complaints in at least 11 states and brought harsh condemnation from some election officials for their secrecy, misleading nature and likely violations of election law.

First, a quick recap: As we covered yesterday, N.C. residents have reported receiving peculiar automated calls from someone claiming to be "Lamont Williams." The caller says that a "voter registration packet" is coming in the mail, and the recipient can sign it and mail it back to be registered to vote. No other information is provided.

The call is deceptive because the deadline has already passed for mail-in registrations for North Carolina's May 6 primary. Also, many who have received the calls -- like Kevin Farmer in Durham, who made a tape of the call that is available here -- are already registered. The call's suggestion that they're not registered has caused widespread confusion and drawn hundreds of complaints, including many from African-American voters who received the calls.

The calls are also probably illegal. Farmer and others have told Facing South the calls use a blocked phone number and provided no contact information -- a violation of North Carolina rules regulating "robo-calls" (N.C. General Statute 163-104(b)(1)c). N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper further stated in a recent memo that the identifying information must be clear enough to allow the recipient to "complain or seek redress" -- something not included in the calls.

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http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/04/facing-south-exclusive-dc-nonprofit.asp

[C_U_L8R]

1. These clowns are gonna rat out their paymasters

rather than go to jail or pay humungous fines.
This will be much worse than sniper fire,
Hillary might want to actually duck this time.

[leftofcool]

2. No she isn't

They have been doing this for 20 years.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. Wow. That is either a stunning level of ineptitude or it's deliberate.

Too bad, because the purported mission of the group is so worthwhile. Unmarried women are the key to Democratic success at the national and local level, having been ignored far too long.

[here_is_to_hope]

4. Whats that line about a duck being

a duck and cover? Or something?

Looks like a duck but its really a sniper trying to corkscrew something?

WTF?

[speedoo]

5. Another DU thread here with Hillary connections info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5751417

Has a link to Daily Kos with more info about Hillary connections.

[babylonsister]

6. Thanks, speedoo! I missed that one completely! nt

[papau]

7. nonsense - yet another Obama supporter smear - its a legit registration effort as noted by KOS

This is nonsense amounting to yet another smear of Hillary by an Obama supporter - this is a poorly run voter registration effort by - as KOS noted - GOOD PEOPLE - The voter-registration application contained in the packet is a legitimate voter-registration form good hard working citizens with excellent reputations.

It is indeed poorly run - on a shoestring budget that does not allow the lawyers triple check for errors as to registration or file cut off dates. No where in your smear do you note the rather important fact that the voter-registration application contained in the packet is a legitimate voter-registration form.