Comments on: McNerney hosts live telephone town hall Q&A http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/23/mcnerney-hosts-live-telephone-town-hall-qa/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:39:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/23/mcnerney-hosts-live-telephone-town-hall-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Lisa Vorderbrueggen Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:47:49 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/?p=804#comment-1889 I'm told by folks at the American Association of Political Consultants that campaign-related robocalls are considered free speech and as such, they are exempt from the Do Not Call Registry or its restrictions. Is that not the case? I’m told by folks at the American Association of Political Consultants that campaign-related robocalls are considered free speech and as such, they are exempt from the Do Not Call Registry or its restrictions. Is that not the case?

]]> By: Shaun Dakin http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/23/mcnerney-hosts-live-telephone-town-hall-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 Shaun Dakin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:51:33 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/?p=804#comment-1890 Telephone town hall meetings are good for democracy. One issue, however, in CA - robo calls used to make them are illegal according to CA Public Utility Code: Sections 2871-2876 located at - http://law.justia.com/california/codes/puc/2871-2876.html The National Political Do Not Contact Registry is demanding that the CPUC enforce the regulation and ensure that CA voters are left in peace and privacy during the upcoming Fall Election. More at: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/anti-robocall-c.html Shaun Dakin CEO and Founder StopPoliticalCalls.org Telephone town hall meetings are good for democracy.

One issue, however, in CA – robo calls used to make them are illegal according to CA Public Utility Code: Sections 2871-2876 located at – http://law.justia.com/california/codes/puc/2871-2876.html

The National Political Do Not Contact Registry is demanding that the CPUC enforce the regulation and ensure that CA voters are left in peace and privacy during the upcoming Fall Election.

More at:

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/anti-robocall-c.html

Shaun Dakin
CEO and Founder
StopPoliticalCalls.org

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