Re: Political ads with phone numbers

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com>]

At 06:37 PM 11/2/02 -0500, Mark Laurence wrote:
>A lot of political ads this year include a phone number, and I'm wondering why


>Is there some law that's making ads get worded this way?  Most, maybe all 
>of them, are paid for by organizations and not the candidates or their own 
>committees.  Why the sudden interest in getting people to call the candidates?

Putting in the phone number makes it an "issue ad", and thus subject to 
different rules.  Not sure of the details.
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Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH