Every major election that has happened in the last 10 years seems to have had the same disturbing phenomenon - robotic calls made en masse, claiming to be from one politician, but obviously orchestrated by their opponent. Fakes.
The very obvious purpose of these calls are to deceive, annoy, or harass the voter into anger and inaction against the purported politician or party who claims to be calling. They may claim the polling place has changed, or they may simply call ten times in short succession with the same message, tying up the homeowner's line, and even preventing outgoing calls. This will absolutely enrage people, and they'll tell their friends. They are always done so close to election day (often the day of the election or the day before) that literally nothing can be done to remedy the assault in time to blunt its effects.
What has been done this time around to neutralize these kind of phony campaigns? Has a national reporting hotline been set up? Can the telcos have a killswitch ready for outfits that make these calls, shutting them down almost immediately, before any damage is done?
I wish there was something that could be organized to stop this inevitable phenomenon.