24.2-959 - Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a candidate or candidate campaign committee.
§ 24.2-959. Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by acandidate or candidate campaign committee.
It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee tomake campaign telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion ofeach telephone call, information to identify the candidate or candidatecampaign committee who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless suchcall is terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker's control.
The person making the telephone call shall disclose the name of the candidate.
It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee makingcampaign telephone calls to intentionally modify the caller identificationinformation of any campaign telephone call for the purpose of misleading therecipient as to the identity of the caller. If the call is made from anautomatic dialing-announcing device and caller identification informationincludes a name associated with the telephone number, then the calleridentification information shall include either the name of the candidate orcandidate campaign committee that has authorized and is paying for the calls,or the vendor conducting the calls on behalf of the candidate or candidatecampaign committee. "Automatic dialing-announcing device" means the same asthat term is defined in § 59.1-518.1.
It shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or candidate campaigncommittee who contracts for campaign telephone calls to fail to provide tothe persons making the telephone calls the identifying information requiredby this section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious nameor address when providing the identifying information required.
(2000, c. 874, § 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 323.)