Raymond then collected $15,600 from the New Hampshire Republican State Committee and paid a small Idaho telemarketing company $2,300 to make non-stop hangup phone calls to six New Hampshire phone lines, five of which were being used by the Democratic Party to get out the vote. The sixth phone line belonged to the Manchester Firefighters' Union, which offers free rides to the polls.
In an interview with the Boston Globe, Raymond said he took part in the phone-jamming because he "had been reluctant to turn down a prominent official of the RNC, fearing that would cost him future opportunities from an organization that was becoming increasingly ruthless."[1]
How to Rig an Electionedit
The closing paragraph of his book How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative ends with a line that reflects on a conversation with his wife just before he entered jail; "After ten full years inside the GOP, ninety days amongst honest criminals wasn't any great ordeal."[2]
^ ab"Fallen star blames self, GOP tactics: Jail term served in N.H. phone plot" By Michael Kranish, Boston Globe June 10, 2006.
^How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative (ISBN1-4165-5222-7)
External linksedit
Acosta, Jim; Ronni Berke (October 22, 2008). "Ex-GOP operative tells cautionary tale about 'how to rig an election'". CNN.
January 08, 2008 Democracy Now! "How to Rig an Election: Convicted Former GOP Operative Details 2002 New Hampshire Phone Jamming Scheme"
January 15, 2008 Raymond answers readers' questions at "Freakonomics blog"
Allen Raymond interviewed by Velvet Revolution, January 2008
Allen Raymond interviewed by Regal Literary, April 2008
April 11, 2024
allen, raymond, former, republican, political, consultant, united, states, spent, three, months, federal, prison, role, 2002, hampshire, senate, election, phone, jamming, scandal, which, convicted, making, harassing, phone, calls, across, state, lines, felony,. Allen Raymond is a former Republican political consultant in the United States who spent three months in federal prison for his role in the 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal for which he was convicted of making harassing phone calls across state lines a felony 1 Raymond is the author of the book How to Rig an Election Confessions of a Republican Operative 2008 Contents 1 Phone jamming scandal 2 How to Rig an Election 3 Media appearances 4 Books 5 References 6 External linksPhone jamming scandal editSee also 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal Raymond told investigators that his former Republican National Committee colleague James Tobin approached him with a plan to tie up the phones of New Hampshire Democrats on Election Day 2002 during a close Senate race between Republican John E Sununu and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen At the time Raymond owned a Virginia based GOP phone bank company GOP Marketplace and also held a paid position as Executive Director of the Republican Leadership Council Raymond then collected 15 600 from the New Hampshire Republican State Committee and paid a small Idaho telemarketing company 2 300 to make non stop hangup phone calls to six New Hampshire phone lines five of which were being used by the Democratic Party to get out the vote The sixth phone line belonged to the Manchester Firefighters Union which offers free rides to the polls In an interview with the Boston Globe Raymond said he took part in the phone jamming because he had been reluctant to turn down a prominent official of the RNC fearing that would cost him future opportunities from an organization that was becoming increasingly ruthless 1 How to Rig an Election editThe closing paragraph of his book How to Rig an Election Confessions of a Republican Operative ends with a line that reflects on a conversation with his wife just before he entered jail After ten full years inside the GOP ninety days amongst honest criminals wasn t any great ordeal 2 Media appearances editAppeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on October 24 2008 talking about his book Appeared on The Daily Show January 17 2008 Appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on January 27 2009Books editHow to Rig an Election Confessions of a Republican Operative ISBN 1 4165 5222 7 References edit a b Fallen star blames self GOP tactics Jail term served in N H phone plot By Michael Kranish Boston Globe June 10 2006 How to Rig an Election Confessions of a Republican Operative ISBN 1 4165 5222 7 External links editAcosta Jim Ronni Berke October 22 2008 Ex GOP operative tells cautionary tale about how to rig an election CNN February 10 2003 PoliticsNJ com Consultant with NJ ties implicated as NH campaign trickster January 08 2008 Democracy Now How to Rig an Election Convicted Former GOP Operative Details 2002 New Hampshire Phone Jamming Scheme January 15 2008 Raymond answers readers questions at Freakonomics blog Allen Raymond interviewed by Velvet Revolution January 2008 Allen Raymond interviewed by Regal Literary April 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allen Raymond amp oldid 1032784157, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
