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Campaign calls: How late is too late?

October 18, 2010|By Brian Heap | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(WICHITA, Kan.) — How late is too late when it comes to the campaign calls to your home?

An Eyewitness News viewer asks the question after she says a recent call interrupted bedtime for her young child.  

In an email to FactFinder 12, Melissa wrote, "We received a survey call last night...at 8:55 pm. we have an elementary age child and he was already in bed. We are not fond of any calls past 8:30 pm, but especially something of this nature."

We asked the Kansas Secretary of State's office if there's a rule establishing a cut-off time for campaign calls. We learned there isn't one and that it's basically up to the discretion of each individual campaign. 

In a statement, the Secretary of State's office says "Common sense and common courtesy are the ruling standards; state law makes no restrictions. Their (a voter's) best bet is to complain to the candidate or campaign because they'll sometimes stop if voters are annoyed or resentful."

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If your on the "No Call List" for telemarketers you may wonder why the campaigns can ring your house.  The Kansas Attorney General's office says under state law, political calls are exempt from the list.  There have been efforts made to change that law, but it hasn't happened yet.

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