And in the final few hours of the race, Pence and President Trump each recorded phone calls for the Republican National Committee expressing support for Gianforte. And there's no guarantee said person will say “yes” — robo-calls are illegal because Montana voters don't want to be bothered by them. The courts agreed with him that the state's robo-call ban was unconstitutional. In July, a federal judge in Arkansas struck down the state's ban on political robo-calls, saying it violated callers' First Amendment rights. In other words: In the middle of a heated election, Montana voters may not want to hear politicians call them up.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2017 18:41 UTC