Global market research specialists Ipsos MORI have been commissioned to carry out the work, which is aimed at finding out what Islanders know about electoral reform. Around 1,000 people are expected to be contacted.
During the call people are asked various questions about the proposed reforms, which include creating six voting super-constituencies.
But a number of people have wrongly thought the calls were a scam.
In a Facebook post, the States police said: ‘We are receiving a number of calls in relation to MORI POLL callers. Please be advised that these are legitimate calls.’
The market research company has also released a statement to reassure the public after calls appeared on some Islanders’ mobile phones as being made in the USA.
A spokesman for the company said that the calls were in fact being made in Edinburgh.
He said: ‘We have discovered an issue with how one or more of the mobile phone operators in Jersey are presenting our call line identifier which is “(0131) 561 4532” (i.e. an Edinburgh number). It is showing up on some mobiles as “+1 (315) 614–532” and wrongly claiming the call is originating from the US.
‘Please be assured that this is a legitimate survey that we are carrying out on behalf of the States about important proposed changes to the electoral system. It is not a scam or a marketing call, and it will NOT cost you a penny to answer the call and take part in our short survey.’
