NYC gay newspaper victim of spoofed robo-calls designed to annoy voters
”According to an email received from a voter in the Sixth Senate District, which is in western Nassau County on Long Island, voters are being informed that Gay City News supports Democrat Kristen McElroy because ‘she will vote for gay marriage, and advance the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender agenda in Albany.”’
From a Gay City News article about reports that their own paper’s name is being used as the source of annoying robo-calls, automatic voice message phone calls made to people’s home. They speculate that the perpetrators a tactic of “motivation of pulling out Republican votes among those opposed to same-sex marriage.” (Gay City News)
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