Phone-jamming case settled
The state Democratic Party, which had sought compensation in an election day 2002 phone-jamming scheme, settled its lawsuit against the GOP for an undisclosed amount, state Republicans said in Concord.
The announcement came just days before the case was expected to go to trial in Hillsborough County Superior Court.
Republicans had hired a telemarketing firm to place hundreds of hang-up calls to disrupt phone banks for the Democratic Party and the Manchester firefighters union, a nonpartisan group offering rides to the polls.
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