Successful collaboration with AAPC yields victories in Alabama and Alaska for automated telephone research and political polling Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/11/2011 12:52:00 PM MRA's cooperative lobbying efforts with the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) bore fruit this year in Alabama and Alaska. Read More
Alabama political polling sponsorship disclosure requirements advancing (S.B. 96) Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 3/28/2011 12:31:00 PM The Alabama Senate passed S.B. 96, which would amend Section 17-5-16 of the Alabama Code to require “any communication via phone bank or other automated telephone dialing service to be conducted” with a “notice at the beginning and ending of the phone call that the communication was a paid political advertisement, clearly identifying the identification of the person, nonprofit corporation, entity, principal campaign committee, or political action committee that paid f... Read More
Alaska targets automated polling (S.B. 40 and H.B. 226) Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 3/14/2011 12:47:00 PM Alaska Senate Majority Leader Kevin Meyer (R-O) introduced S.B. 40, and Rep. Scott Kawasaki (D-9) introduced H.B. 226, legislation which would forbid using “an automated telephone system, device, or facsimile machine for the selection and dialing of telephone numbers and playing of recorded messages if a message is completed to the dialed number for the purpose of: (A) offering goods or services for sale; (B) conveying information on goods or services in soliciting sales or purchases; (C) ... Read More