A source tells me he received the following voicemail message this afternoon:
"Hello, this is Marilyn Stamp. I work an extra job in Sioux Falls so my children can attend college. I'm very disappointed with Larry Diedrich's record in South Dakota government. Larry Diedrich has voted twice against South Dakota's college students, and his bill to give out-of-state student scholarships was vetoed by our governor, who said 'South Dakota's taxpaying parents should NOT be burdened with Larry Diedrich's law.' Call Larry Diedrich at 605-334-7077, and tell him he needs to fight for South Dakota, NOT his out-of state-friends."
Note that there's no disclaimer that says who paid for the phone call, a clear violation of BCRA (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act). A few weeks ago, Tom Daschle did precisely the same thing, and subsequently admitted that his calls broke the law. Assuming today's phone calls were paid for by Herseth, who, after all, is a lawyer, she can hardly plead ignorance of the disclaimer requirement. Which leads one to believe that, should it be discovered that Herseth paid for the call, the Herseth campaign is consciously and systematically violating the law.
UPDATE: Sioux Falls radio talk-show host Greg Belfrage, who did a masterful job of exposing the illegal Daschle calls, is on the story.
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