SLED INVESTIGATING AIKEN ROBOCALLS
June 10, 2008 | Filed Under State Politics
Written by The Shot
Calls falsely indicated they were from Senator Greg Ryberg.
We have just learned that SLED is investigating robocalls sent last night in Aiken County. The calls were sent with Senator Greg Ryberg’s office number and business name REI listed as the caller ID. The male voice attacked Representative Skipper Perry and said that voters should elect someone who will work with Senator Ryberg, pushing Scott Singer as that someone.
SLED began investigating the matter this morning at the request of Senator Greg Ryberg. Ryberg just released the following statement:
Senator Greg Ryberg today condemned in the strongest terms fraudulent automated phone calls released last night and today identifying his business office as the origin phone number of the call. The automated call by an unidentified male endorsed Ryberg and Scott Singer while denigrating Representative Skipper Perry.
Ryberg said, “I did not pay for, place or otherwise authorize the phone call, and I condemn the person or persons who did. The message in the phone is in no way tied to me or my campaign. I have not nor will I endorse anyone in the race for House District 81. I furthermore am proud to have served with Skipper Perry who I consider a fine colleague and friend. The call smacks of last minute desperation tactics by a failed campaign and its immoral operators.”
Ryberg added that, “I have contacted SLED and they have begun their investigation today. I will not rest until the perpetrators of this illegal activity are discovered and punished. I abhor these tactics and reject this crass manipulation of the citizens of Aiken.”
Ryberg noted that, “I have run nothing other than a clean campaign focused solely on the issues and my record in the South Carolina Senate. I need nothing other than my record to stand on, and I have nothing but respect for the voters in Aiken who know me and my record. I call on those responsible for the illegal activity to not only cease their activities in this campaign but also to cease participation in South Carolina politics altogether. There is no place in our state for this sort of gutter operation.”
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Help me understand what laws are being broken. Political robo calls are allowed in SC. What exactly is SLED “investigating”.
Or is this simply a press release by a Politician that gets repeated by the press?
Shaun Dakin
CEO and Founder
The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
StopPoliticalCalls.org
It sounds as if SLED is investigating not the legality of robo calls but the fact that Greg Ryberg didn’t authorize any of them using his name, his office number, etc.
Shaun - Michelle’s right. Evidentially it’s against the law to “forge” a caller ID.