Originally published February 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified February 8, 2008 at 5:46 PM

Obama phone callers had the wrong day for caucuses

In an effort to get Washington voters out to Saturday's caucuses here, the Obama campaign hired an out-of-state call firm to reach out to voters by phone. But callers had the wrong day, telling people during calls on Thursday that the caucuses would be S

By Charles E. Brown

Seattle Times staff reporter

In an effort to get Washington voters out to Saturday's caucuses here, the Obama campaign hired an out-of-state call firm to reach out to voters by phone.

But calls gave the wrong day, telling people on Thursday that the caucuses would be Sunday instead of Saturday.

For a time, some speculated that the calls could have been a dirty trick by the Clinton campaign. But not so, says Obama campaign spokesman Amy Brundage.

Callers were simply reading from a prepared script used earlier on Thursday for calls being made to Maine voters about that state's caucuses, which indeed are on Sunday.

"The problem has been resolved," Brundage said today, and those Washington voters who were contacted were being called back today with the correct information.

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