2008-02-15T22:56:44Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/49175 2008-02-15T22:56:44Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-15:/comment/917 frederickbaroh Automated calling is often used as an eleventh hour technique to tweek close results in an election. The technique often employed is to use a particularly inflammitory bit of info about a rival candidate or initiative. It is very easy to target specific areas, and it is cheap. Automated calling is an unwelcome intrusion in the homes of many who are on the national "do not call" list. The "robocallers" do not bother checking the list, as it would add considerable time and expense. Furthermore, these temporary collaborations between the political agent and the contracted service provider do not usually have any insurance against slander and liability. Owing to the nature of this technique it is inevitable that those are the very things being promulgated.