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Monday, July 5, 2010
Politics Dougherty: No Robocalls!
Posted by Jim Nintzel on Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM
U.S. Senate candidate John Dougherty, who is facing former Tucson City Council member Rodney Glassman, former state lawmaker Cathy Eden and labor organizer Randy Parraz in the Democratic primary, says you won't be getting any robocalls from him:
John Dougherty, Arizona Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is speaking out against “robocalls.” The automated phone calls that use computerized auto-dialers to deliver pre-recorded marketing messages are widely considered a nuisance.Dougherty is the first candidate in Arizona to publicly pledge not to use the technology, according to the National Political Do Not Call Registry, a group that backs ending political robocalls.
Dougherty supports a bill sponsored by California senator Dianne Feinstein that would limit the use of robocalls for political purposes. By pledging not to use the automated
calling system, Dougherty ensures Arizona voters will not be pestered by recorded voice messages soliciting support for his campaign.
“Voters deserve the right to research the issues on their own time and not be harassed at home via recorded message by me or my supporters,” Dougherty said.
Dougherty encourages voters opposed to the practice to register with the National Political Do Not Call Registry at http://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org.
The site’s founder and CEO, Shaun Dakin, started the registry to help citizens protect themselves against “invasive, automated calls from politicians asking for their vote.
“I compliment John Dougherty for making the pledge that it is time for these calls to stop,” Dakin said.
Dougherty acknowledges how important reaching each prospective voter is, and wants the process to remain personal. “I will not be relegated to the cheaper, easier method of automated call systems,” Dougherty said.
Dougherty’s opposition contrasts with opponents who embrace the service.
Democratic Primary Senate candidate Cathy Eden recently started using robocalls. Republican Senator John McCain used them extensively in the 2008 Presidential race.
For more information on the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, please visit www.StopPoliticalCalls.org . To learn more about the candidacy of John Dougherty for U.S. Senate, please visit http://www.johndougherty2010.com.
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Here's Dougherty walking the walk about election integrity issues. In the past, he wrote an outstanding series of articles in 2005 about Maricopa Election Department and those who participated in covering up election fraud. You could probably find these in the Phoenix New Times archive:
* Election Eve Nightmare Can the Maricopa County Elections Department ensure the accuracy of early voting? Hell No! By John Dougherty October 14, 2004
* All Bark and No Bite, The county attorney could've forced elections department reform, but he backed down By John Dougherty July 14, 2005
* “Pandora's Box,” by John Dougherty of the Phoenix New Times article from October 27, 2005 Is Arizona's Speaker of the House afraid of what might happen if the truth is learned about a local election?
* Ballot Boxing GOP honchos keep hiding the truth about election foul-ups, as it's learned that local ballots may be stored illegally By John Dougherty 2006-01-19
* Ballot Box Breakdowns, An independent voting-technology expert finds serious problems in the Maricopa County Elections Department By John Dougherty, Jan 11, 2006 Dr Doug Jones report exposed much wrong in Maricopa.
* Pressure Tactics, You won’t believe what GOP officials are pulling now to try to keep Senator Jack Harper from discovering the truth about a local election! Show us the ballots! That's the only way to get to the bottom of a raging scandal that started ... Jan 26, 2006 By John Dougherty
* Litmus Test, County Attorney Andy Thomas must prove he can protect our constitutional rights By John Dougherty Feb 17, 2005
* Feds Probe District 20 Whether there was vote tampering is not the most vital question for U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton to answer By John Dougherty 2006-02-0
His work was the inspiration for the election integrity activists in Pima County who recently discovered:
Poll Tapes Missing in RTA Election
http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2010/0…
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Now, if we can get all of them to stop these calls it would be great.
Every time I get a call, I call their campaign headquarters and complain.
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