[EL] Political Polling

Even, Jeff (ATG) JeffE at ATG.WA.GOV
Mon Mar 5 13:36:35 PST 2012


I've received the same call at least three times, and I've done the same
thing Todd did and just hung up.

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Todd
Lang
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:29 PM
To: Lisa Danetz; Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] Political Polling

 

I received the same call out here in Arizona.   I think it is just a
scam to get your credit card # for the "free cruise."    Hang up.

 

-Todd Lang

 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa
Danetz
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 2:09 PM
To: Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Political Polling

 

While working from home today, I received a phone call on my house phone
asking me to take a political survey and promising me a free 2-day
cruise to the Bahamas if I completed it.  I took the survey but hung up
rather than "push 1 to be connected to the travel expert."

 

This seemed to me to be a rather expensive incentive to complete a
survey (unless perhaps most people hang up as I did). Is this a normal
practice or used for particular types of polls?  I wondered whether it
was a push poll since we have a primary in Massachusetts tomorrow.

 

Thanks,

Lisa

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