the Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:00 am
CHEYENNE - The state's elections administrator is among those who received an illegal automated campaign phone call on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Peggy Nighswonger, administrator of the elections division of the secretary of state's office, said she received the call at her home.
State law prohibits automated telephone calls with recorded campaign messages.
Nighswonger said her office also received one complaint from a citizen about receiving an automated campaign call with a recording by Michelle Obama, wife of the candidate, asking for support in the state Democratic presidential caucuses on March 8.
"We will probably write to the state and national Democratic Party and advise them that it is not allowable in Wyoming," Nighswonger said.
Shannon Gibson of the Obama campaign said the illegal phone calls were unintentional.
"We took them down as quickly as possible," Gibson said. "And in total they ran for about an hour."
Nighswonger said the secretary of state's office received similar complaints of illegal phone calls during earlier election cycles.