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Robo calls, the hot topic in Missouri

Date: September 2, 2008
By: Joshua Skurnik
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: Missouri's Attorney General announced Tuesday he's going after political robo-calls. But Jay Nixon is finding less than enthusiasm from within his own party.

Joshua Skurnik (SCUR-nic) has more from Jefferson City.

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The skepticism is being voiced by none other than the chief spokesman for Nixon's own state Democratic Party.

While not defending robo-calls, Jack Cardetti questioned whether it was that big a deal:

 

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Description: We find that with the advent of young voters not having land lines instead having cell phones, stuff like that. That robo calls aren't as big of a factor as they have been in the past.

In Cardetti's own Democratic Party, a spokesman for the Democratic candidate for attorney general said they've used used robo-calls.

Over the last few years, efforts in the legislature to ban political robo calls have died.

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