Ayotte: Voters Deserve Answers on Push Polling

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By Josh Rogers on Thursday, January 3, 2008.
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The New Hampshire Attorney General says she doesn't expect to identify those responsiable for some potentially illegal phone calls that targeted Republican Mitt Romney and his Mormon faith.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

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Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says Utah-based Western Wats made the calls in November at the direction of More Information, a GOP polling firm out of Oregon.

More Information, meanwhile, says it was paid to do the work for the primary, which is exempt from state laws that ban so-called push polling.

But the company has fought subpoenas to force it to explain its role and who hired it.

Ayotte says New Hampshire voters deserve to know who is behind the calls prior to Tuesday's primary.

"I'm asking anyone who has this type of information to provide it to my office so that we can resolve this matter and determine whether there's been any violation of New Hampshire's election laws immediately.

Ayotte requested a speedy hearing, but an Oregon court sided with More Information and set a hearing date of January 16th.

For NHPR News, I'm Josh Rogers.

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