Candidates Question Ethics of Campaign Robo-Calls

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Source: KCRG

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Thousands of potential eastern Iowa voters heard a recorded voice on the line in the days leading up to Tuesday’s election. And now some candidates who got the brunt of those attack “robocalls” in this most recent election are speaking out about the issue.

State Senate District 18 winner Liz Mathis got hit by the most highly publicized last minute robocall. A group identified only as Citizens for Honesty and Sound Marriage urged voters in a recorded phone message to ask Mathis “which gay sex act she endorses?” But in that highly-charged state senate race, those recorded calls may have backfired.

An outside poll just days before voting showed Democrat Mathis leading Republican Cindy Golding by about six points. Her final margin of victory Tuesday night was double that.

Mathis, though, wasn’t sure if you could make a connection between the controversial robocalls and a higher margin of victory.

Read more: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Candidates-Question-Ethics-of-Campaign-Robo-Calls-133573588.html

[thatgemguy]

1. Ban Robo Calls

I dred the days leading up to election day, when the phone rings constantly. Caller ID isn't much help as many times the numbers are spoofed. I think that the calls are more of a bother than they're worth. I've even received calls in the wee hours of the morning. The entire process would be better without them. If calls are necessary, then the callers should be live, rather than recorded.