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democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 02:07 PM Nov 2016

I just got an illegal robocall from a local Republican candidate

I got a robocall from a candidate for state senate on my cell phone, which is itself illegal. But what seemed especially odd was that the call said that a ballot would be sent to me in the mail. I already picked up my ballot yesterday from the Board of Elections, so that makes no sense. I am a registered Democrat and voted in 2 Democratic primaries this year, so I wonder if this was a message designed to mislead Democratic voters.

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I just got an illegal robocall from a local Republican candidate (Original Post) democrattotheend Nov 2016 OP
Did you inform your supervisor of elections? Native Nov 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #2
Did you record the call? n/t bathroommonkey76 Nov 2016 #3
Yesterday I got a robocall from President Obama pinboy3niner Nov 2016 #8
We have gotten robocalls on our landline from Donald, Donald Jr., and Ivanka in NC mnhtnbb Nov 2016 #9
Are robocalls legal here in NC? bathroommonkey76 Nov 2016 #11
Apparently there are some conditions for robocalls from political candidates mnhtnbb Nov 2016 #15
Sounds like a vote suppression effort, IMO. nt Ilsa Nov 2016 #13
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Response to democrattotheend (Original post)

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
8. Yesterday I got a robocall from President Obama
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 03:08 PM
Nov 2016

On landline, urging me to vote for a Democrat running for the California Senate.

mnhtnbb

(31,373 posts)
9. We have gotten robocalls on our landline from Donald, Donald Jr., and Ivanka in NC
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 03:27 PM
Nov 2016

in the bluest of blue Orange County (Chapel Hill, less than a mile from campus where President Obama was campaigning for Hillary on Wednesday).
Trumpsters must be desperate.

We already voted for Hillary last week.

I registered our landline/cell phones years ago for do not call.

I sure wish it had been real people I could have told what to do with themselves. Can you imagine how many times those recordings have been told to fu*k off?!?

mnhtnbb

(31,373 posts)
15. Apparently there are some conditions for robocalls from political candidates
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:54 PM
Nov 2016

but this doesn't say what they are:

http://www.ncdoj.gov/News-and-Alerts/Consumer-Columns/Fighting-Relentless-Robocalls.aspx


There was NO live person introducing the Trump calls. It wouldn't be hard to believe that Trumpsters would be making illegal calls.

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