The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP wants an aggressive investigation into recent automated calls it suspects are meant to confuse voters and suppress the black vote.
Rev. William Barber II, president of the state’s NAACP chapter, sent a complaint Saturday to N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper that outlines information the group has gathered about Women's Voices Women Vote — the group behind the robo calls, reports Titan Barksdale.
The calls tell voters to expect a voter-registration packet in the mail, but the calls were made after the deadline for registration in North Carolina. A man who identifies himself as Lamont Williams provides the misinformation.
“We want this taken very seriously,” Barber said. “[The calls] are a danger to our democracy and a danger to what’s best about this country.”
Cooper has said the calls are illegal because they did not disclose who sponsored the call or give contact information about their source.
“Regardless of the motivation, the robo-calls violated the law and they needed to stop,” Cooper said in a statement Wednesday.
Jennifer Canada, a spokeswoman for Cooper’s office, has said the calls continue to be investigated.




Re: NAACP wants robo calls investigated
I am an African American female, 57 years of age. At this point in my life, I have become very very upset with a portion of the representatives of our state. We forget our history of differences against people of color within this state. I thought that if we could help enough of the citizens of this state to succeed through jobs and education then we would begin to think in a more "progressive" way. Instead, we want to bring up the old and still current feelings of animosity against people of color in spite of the successes of many. Also, the people of color have brought a great amount of economy to this state. However, we continue to allow the backwardness of out state to show to people of America. This backwardness continues to put a lease on our economy and the growth of this state. We want to have a state to be proud of and not a state to be ashame of because of this backwards mindset.