Phone jamming
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Phone jamming refers to episodes when partisan operatives or organizations make large numbers of phone calls that jam the phone lines of another political organization. Phone jamming targeting get out the vote operations can be designed to reduce turnout among voters of a particular party.[1]
U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire (2002)
An example of phone jamming involved the 2002 U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire. A telemarketing firm, hired by the New Hampshire Republican Party (NHGOP), used a call center to jam the phone lines of a get out the vote (GOTV) operation. In the end, 900 calls were made for 45 minutes to the Democratic-leaning call centers. Two Republican operatives, Charles McGee and Allen Raymond, served prison time on phone harassment charges.[2] A third, James Tobin, was convicted of phone harassment but saw the conviction overturned on appeal.[3][4][5]
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- ↑ ABC News, "How to Rig an Election:Convicted Phone-Jammer Tells All," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ Department of Justice, "Former RNC New England Regional Director Indicted in New Hampshire Phone Jamming Case," December 1, 2004
- ↑ Seacostonline, "Republican’s phone-jamming conviction overturned," March 22, 2007
- ↑ Fox News, "Former GOP Official Gets Prison Term for Phone Plot," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ New York Times, "The New Hampshire Phone Scam," accessed March 14, 2014