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Md. to investigate Election Day robocalls

BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Maryland's attorney general has promised to investigate Election Day robocalls connected to a GOP candidate, apparently meant to suppress the Democratic vote.

The calls told voters they could "relax" because Gov. Martin O'Malley had defeated his Republican challenger, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich -- and advised them "the only thing left to do is watch TV tonight," The Baltimore Sun reported Friday. The newspaper said it traced the calls to Robodial.org, a Pennsylvania company with a policy of working for Democratic candidates.

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Julius Henson, owner of Universal Elections of Baltimore, acknowledged arranging the calls, the Sun said. Henson, who has mostly worked for Democrats in the past in Baltimore and Maryland, was working for Ehrlich.

Attorney General Douglas Gansler said his office will determine whether the calls broke a 2005 state law against deliberate efforts to keep voters away from the polls. Henson denies that was his intent.

"We believe the call was made for voters in Baltimore City who were not going to go to the polls, to go to the polls and vote," he said. "It never said, 'Don't vote.'"

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