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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Technology goes horribly wrong for Tenerife socialist candidate
The Socialist Party (PSOE) candidate for the presidency of the Tenerife Island Corporation, Santiago Pérez, found himself having to beg forgiveness on Thursday, after 1,800 people in La Laguna and the Orotava valley received telephone calls in the early hours of the morning, urging them to vote. Nothing like trying to capture the "early bird" voter, I suppose?
The problem, which provoked shock and indignation in many of those who were disturbed by these untimely calls, is being blamed on an error or "intentional manipulation" of the software that controls the switchboard for the automated service. This has now been suspended, but a complaint has been made to the police to fully investigate the reasons.
El PSOE de Tenerife llama a casi dos mil personas de madrugada para pedirles el voto
