                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN TELEPHONE CALLS SPONSORED BY A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (§ 24.2-959)

It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee to make
campaign telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion of each
telephone call, information to identify the candidate or candidate campaign
committee who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is
terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker&#8217;s control.
		The person making the telephone call shall disclose the name of the candidate.
		It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee making
campaign telephone calls to intentionally modify the caller identification
information of any campaign telephone call for the purpose of misleading the
recipient as to the identity of the caller. If the call is made from an
automatic dialing-announcing device and caller identification information
includes a name associated with the telephone number, then the caller
identification information shall include either the name of the candidate or
candidate campaign committee as it appears on the statement of organization that
has authorized and is paying for the calls, or the vendor conducting the calls
on behalf of the candidate or candidate campaign committee. &#8220;Automatic
dialing-announcing device&#8221; means the same as that term is defined in §
59.1-518.1.
		It shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or candidate campaign
committee who contracts for campaign telephone calls to fail to provide to the
persons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this
section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address
when providing the identifying information required.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 874, § 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 323; 2020,
c. 615.