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Article: CAUCUS CALLS TO CANDIDATES NOTED COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF PHONE RECORDS TURNS UP DOZENS OF CALLS AND FAXES TO CANDIDATES NOT YET IN OFFICE AND TO CONSULTANTS.(FRONT)(SERIES: Caucuses: Secret campaign machines)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2001
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Byline: Phil Brinkman Wisconsin State Journal
As state employees, staff members of the four political caucuses are prohibited from campaigning on state time or with state resources.
Yet a Wisconsin State Journal computer analysis of caucus telephone records for the three months leading up to the Nov. 7 election found dozens of questionable calls and faxes to candidates not yet in office and to campaign consultants. The records were obtained under the state's Open Records Law.
Capitol sources urged care in interpreting the data, noting that many of the calls may have been in response to queries from outside the office.
"Legislators and ...