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How The Sun traced the Election Night robocalls

May 2, 2012
Baltimore Sun

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun

The number was untraceable - almost.

On Election Night in 2010, The Baltimore Sun's switchboard lit up with reports of a suspicious "robocall": it told voters to relax, that President Obama and Gov.Martin O'Malley had been successful, and that there was nothing left to do but wait for the results. Those who called us said they believed the call was a trick to keep Democratic voters home, and one person provided the number from their caller ID.