Day and night, our telephones are ringing. When we answer, it’s often a human or robotic voice asking for our opinion on the presidential primary or candidates’s positions.
But a state law bans some of those calls, and the attorney general’s office is providing a toll-free number and email to allow voters to report violations of the law.
Roger Wood spoke with Assistant Attorney General Stephen Labonte about the law that covers some of those annoying political interruptions.
Attorney General Joseph A. Foster has issued a memorandum providing guidance to presidential primary candidates regarding prerecorded political messages received by New Hampshire voters at telephone numbers registered with the national Do Not Call Registry.
Pursuant to RSA 664: 14-a, III, “(n]o person shall deliver or knowingly cause to be delivered a prerecorded political message to any telephone number on any federal do not call list.”
Any New Hampshire voter wishing to report a violation may contact the Attorney General’s Office at 1-866-868-3703 or by email atelectionlaw@doj.nh.gov.