503-295-1276
OR, US
Todd in SE Portland
Todd in SE Portland
2011-06-06 20:49:45
Unknown
I got the same phone call and I talked with the caller at length and thought she was sincere enough that it really was the Merkley campaign.

However, I recieved an e-mail the next morning from Kari Chisolm of Blueoregon.com who checked into this. Turns out that it is NOT Merkley or Obama. He doesn't know who it is.

If you voted for McCain or Gordo Smith because of this call, consider yourself mind-f*cked by a Republican Party/Karl Rove-ian dirty tricks campaign.

God I'm glad I left the Republican Party two decades ago.
Clancy
Clancy
2011-06-06 20:49:45
Unknown
Democratic Election office:
Salem Office
250 Liberty Street SE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-566-8377
Called and spoke to someone there, requested to have my number removed from the system...
Clancy
Clancy
2011-06-06 20:49:45
Unknown
http://www.callercomplaints.com/SearchResult.aspx?Phone=503-295-1276
This site shows the number as being registered to Campaign to Elect Merkley and Obama. I called qwest (800)833-0825, they passed the buck to their nuisance call complaint system, which was lots of voicejail, and finally a msg to call back during business hours.
sdoo
sdoo
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
same deal. no answer no message
Clancy
Clancy
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
http://www.callercomplaints.com/SearchResult.aspx?Phone=503-295-1276
This site shows the number as being registered to Campaign to Elect Merkley and Obama. I called qwest (800)833-0825, they passed the buck to their nuisance call complaint system, which was lots of voicejail, and finally a msg to call back during business hours.
Clancy
Clancy
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
I have been getting phone calls from 503-295-1276 several times a day for the last week or two. I too get just silence, and when I call back it says its disconnected. I think before these calls started someone called from Merkley's campaign and I told them he was a douche, and burn in hell. It may have been from the same number, I didn't pay much attention. I'm registered Dem, but didn't vote for any Dems this year! Obama is a flag burner, and Merkley is a douche. Some prick from the Merkley campaign stuck a huge Merkley sign in my yard while I was gone. I had to call and rip them a new one.
John Bowler
John Bowler
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Same number same M.O. as the other people who got no answer machine message (I screen all unrecognized calls.)  Calls every day.

Don't believe the Merkley attribution, it's just as likely to be some crank  trying to defame the Merkley campaign - there's no real evidence here as to the actual caller.

So far as I can see faking a caller id in this way is illegal (fraud) - they can always use 'private' if they don't want to be known.  The caller number is transmitted by the originating 'phone company, therefore the number cannot be disconnected as the same company (apparently Qwest) report.

Possibilities: 1) Ring your local company, they won't know who it is unless it's actually *private* (they look the number up in the directory to get the name, private numbers are in that directory.)

2) Ring Qwest in Portland and demand they stop this - it really is their responsibility.

Chances are it is some company with a T1 line faking the ID, Qwest knows who it is, Qwest can stop them.

Time for an Oregon PUC action, funded by a tax on numbers with user controlled caller id (T1 lines only?) to ensure caller ID is always valid.
Liz
Liz
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
They've called me several times in the last few days with no one on the other end.  The most recent time I stayed on the line until they hung up after 40 seconds.
Disgruntled
Disgruntled
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Called cell several times over a period of days while I was at work.  I finally was able to answer on Saturday.  They asked if they could count on my vote for Merkley and Obama.  I said absolutely not--I've already voted.  They asked if I had decided who I was voting for.

I certainly hope I know who I'm voting, as I've already voted.  What part of "Already Voted" don't they get?
The TRUTH
The TRUTH
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
It's the Republican Party trying to piss off democrats so that they vote republican.
Samantha
Samantha
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Got a few calls within 24 hours and finally answered hoping to stop the calls. Woman calling looking for support for Barak Obama. When she asked how I was I told her I was sleeping (I work graveyard) and she kept talking. Finally I said "Mam, you just woke me up." She said "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know that," and kept right on talking about why I should vote for Obama. Sorry, apparently the word sleeping was too hard for her to understand. I finally hung up because she just kept talking, ignoring my request to not be called again.
radrrrrr
radrrrrr
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Tired of receiving calles from this number....I no longer answer my phone...just keep it off the hook all the time....so why have a phone I ask?
Anonymous
Anonymous
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
I'm glad I didn't answer. Thanks, guys!
Jack
Jack
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Merkely campaign, told them I was voting for Smith because of the harassing phone calls.
Rod
Rod
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
This is a campain to elect Jeff Merkly. They call 6 times a day and the lady I spoke to was rude and condesending when I said I was undecided as to who I was going to vote for. She tried talking above me while I wa talking and I wound up shouting "take my name off the list"!!! After slamming the phone down I immedietly opened the voter envelope and vote for Smith, Merkley's opponent. KMA Merkley!!!!
washington county
washington county
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
they keep calling, it is listed as "Portland, OR" on caller ID...we don't answer if we don't know who is calling and they never leave a message, but keep calling!
Foggy
Foggy
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Just got a call from them.  Silence.
s k johnson
s k johnson
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
this number calls our home, but no one is there to talk to. when calling this number back, get a disconnect recording
S
S
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
calls & hangs up as your answering
cm
cm
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
It is a grassroots campaign to elect Obama and Jeff Merkley
ml
ml
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Got 3 calls today, 1hr apart. Forwarded to answering machine. No message left.
sick of it
sick of it
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Same thing, phone rings, no one is there - caller ID said it was from Portland, Or 503-295-1276 - I called the number back and it said "this number has been disconnected".  Whoever you are, you screwed something up!
Gr
Gr
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
I got this number today twice. Once around 11am and it was some woman using a soft voice asking if some steven was there and I yelled at her saying that it was the wrong number and then they called again at like 4:30, asking for the same person! But the first time it was unknown number, the second time it was Portland.
Jiang Lee
Jiang Lee
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
blueoregon.com is a Democratic blog that finances these people.  They have a loophole, passed by their grubbies, in the do not call law.

Easy solution.  Blue Oregon is very responsive/dependent on public perception.  They are sensitive to the claim that they are only interested in collecting $$ for Dems.  Post follow-ups to their blog stories (no registration required), telling them what a bunch of rude MFers their people on the ground are.  Tell them that you are pissed off enough to not give campaign $$ because of it.

I assure you if you do, the calls will cease, and long before Nov. 4!
osPREY!
osPREY!
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Figures it's OSPIRG!  I interviewed for one of their campaigns a few years back because I believed in the cause and was totally dissed by a bunch of in-your-face, the ends justify any means, rude, know it all gen-xers, that told me to go to hell because I was over 30!

Get these idiots in a coversation and record it.  Then send it to the Obama campaign and news outlets.  Jiang was right.  Seeming to be progressive is beacoup bucks in Oregon, and there's lots of outright crooks sucking off the big teat.  The depend on their ultimate masters not knowing.  Let them know, these scum go away.
EDM
EDM
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Same thing is happening to us....left a nasty message to president of Blue Oregon on the website and treatened to go to the Oregonian if this doesn't stop.
Kari Chisholm
Kari Chisholm
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Hey folks --

Kari Chisholm here.  I run BlueOregon.  #1, our blog doesn't finance anyone.  (We barely make enough money on ads to pay the server bills.)  #2, we've got nothing to do with any phone calls of any sort.  It's a blog; that's it.

Finally, since I do know some folks with the Merkley campaign, I'm going to ask around and find out more.

Thanks.

-kari.
Pete
Pete
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
The lady left a rambling message starting off with "I like the young ones."
Bran
Bran
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
Left a long message on my cell. I couldn't understand most of it, but I did hear somebody whispering my name. Weird.
Cynthia
Cynthia
2011-06-06 20:49:44
Unknown
I called 503-295-1276 and was told that the number was disconnected.  Strange how I could get a call from a disconnected number?????
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