Bob Ehrlich (R-MD) Robocalls Broke The Law

[babylonsister]

http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/11/12/bob-ehrlich-robocalls-broke-the-law/


Bob Ehrlich Robocalls Broke The Law
5:59 pm EST November 12th, 2010


Another election, another attempt at dirty tricks by Bob Ehrlich and Maryland Republicans. Sure, this campaign was an even bigger failure than the last, but they’re just up to no good.

Maryland’s Attorney General filed a complaint in federal court this week alleging that the company and two individuals behind election day robocalls that told mostly Democratic voters to “relax” and not bother voting violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

The court filing by Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler also revealed that the phone calls, which began two hours before polls closed, went out to more than 100,000 Maryland residents, more than double the number originally reported.

Controversial Democratic operative Julius Henson has admitted that Rhonda Russell, an employee of his company Universal Elections, placed the order for the phone calls. Hensen was working for the campaign of the Republican nominee for governor, Bob Ehrlich.

[CanonRay]

1. There seems to be no law anymore

so how can you break it?

[AnnieBW]

2. For Republicans, anyway

For Democrats, they get the book thrown at them for nothing.

[piratefish08]

3. now that we have deemed torture legal, why even bother with things like this?