Comments on: RoboCall About Mesi

By: Jim H

Jim H — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:07:03 +0000

I got a call from a real, live person asking me to vote for Mesi. When I asked her what party he was with, she told me she didn’t know.

By: Matt Bova

Matt Bova — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:45:45 +0000

I actually own a robo dial machine and there are surprisingly few laws regarding political robo dialing.

By: scott rytlewski

scott rytlewski — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:04:40 +0000

i just recieved a call from 8019430000 it was targeted against brian grear a long shot canidate for state senate what a slimy party those rep

By: buffalomom

buffalomom — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:53:06 +0000

weird. not in the mesi district but got several calls from that same number. i was aggrevated since i was giving the kids a tub. 1 got three calls. i’ll have to check the messages. i wonder…

By: jam

jam — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:37:37 +0000

I just received a very disturbing call from the same number, but I’m in a NYC Senate race that’s fairly contested. The republicans have been throwing a great deal of mud, and this message just readily endorsed the democratic candidate because he would support the rights of gays and lesbians if he got in office. I am pro gay-rights, and I’m sure the dem candidate is to a certain degree, but he has not made such statements publicly, nor would it be a major issue (to the positive) here in the this district.

This seems like a very underhanded robo-call and I’m really kind of angry at this attack method.

By: Adam K.

Adam K. — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:18:43 +0000

There are no laws specifically regulating robocalls in any way in NYS.

Don’t lie and that’s basically it.

No attribution necessary.

By: Historical Pessimist

Historical Pessimist — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:05:07 +0000

What are the state requirements for identifying the source of payment for robocalls? We got a call with the same script for our district (SD59) against Konst. So is this the state GOP or state GOP Senate Committee? The amount of slime dumped on Konst, given her not-so-hot poll numbers, has surprised me. I don’t think she would be all that close without it, as Volker has a stranglehold in the rural counties.