Ahead of the New Hampshire presidential primary, Steve Kramer and two corporations orchestrated and distributed recorded message via robocalls to thousands of New Hampshire voters. The message used AI to mimic President Biden’s voice and the robocalls displayed a false caller ID number associated with a prominent figure in the state’s Democratic party, and told voters not to vote in the primary election. On March 14, 2024, the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV-US), the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire (LWV-NH), and several individual New Hampshire voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire against Steve Kramer, Lingo Telecom, and Life Corporation, who together delivered the robocalls. LWV-NH, LWV-US, and the individual voters seek to stop the defendants from using robocalls and AI technology to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or deceive voters. Free Speech For People and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represent the plaintiffs, along with local counsel Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, & Pachios, Chartered, LLP. I Key Facts II Background III Major Developments and Documents IV Press Key Facts Caption League of Women Voters of New Hampshire v. Kramer Court US District Court of New Hampshire Docket No. 24 1:24-cv-00073 Status Complaint Filed Plaintiffs League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, League of Women Voters of the United States, and NH Voters Defendants Steve Kramer, Lingo Telecom, LLC, and Life Life Corporation Background Three days before the New Hampshire presidential primary, Steve Kramer paid to create a recorded message using artificial intelligence to mimic President Biden’s voice. Posing as President Biden, the messages falsely implied that voters could not vote in both the primary and general elections and urged voters to “save” their vote for November. Lingo Telecom and Life Corporation then distributed the message via robocalls to thousands of New Hampshire voters without disclosing the source of the calls. The calls “spoofed” a phone number associated with a former chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party and included her personal cell number in the message itself. On March 14, 2024, the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV-US), the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire (LWV-NH), and several individual New Hampshire voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire against Steve Kramer, Lingo Telecom, and Life Corporation. The lawsuit argues that the robocalls violated federal and state laws that protect voters from intimidation, threats, coercion, and deception: the Voting Rights Act, which bans intimidating, threatening, or coercing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten or coerce, any person from voting; the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits the distribution of unwanted and deceptive robocalls; and provisions of New Hampshire state law, which prohibit the distribution of political messages via robocalls without disclosing the source of the calls or that deceive call recipients LWV-NH, LWV-US, and the individual voters seek to stop the defendants from using robocalls and AI technology to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or deceive voters. Free Speech For People are co-counsel on this lawsuit with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and local counsel Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, & Pachios, Chartered, LLP. Read the press release Read the complaint Major Developments and Documents Complaint (March 14, 2024) LWV Motion for Preliminary Injunction (April 26, 2024) Amended Complaint (May 28, 2024) Amended Motion for Preliminary Injunction (June 7, 2024) Press The League of Women Voters is suing those involved in robocalls sent to New Hampshire voters Associated Press, March 14, 2024