Dems to target political ‘robo calls’ – USATODAY.com
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has proposed a separate measure that would make it a crime to give voters misleading election information. Violators would be subject to fines of up to $100,000 or one-year’s imprisonment or both. It would require the attorney general and federal election agencies to distribute accurate information in areas where deceptive practices were found.
This is just stupid. Can you really see this being enforced consistently? If it could just eliminate all those mud-slinging ads though… Hmmm, I can see that now, you put out a misleading ad about your opponent, and you go to jail.