Portland polling firm Moore Information has been named in a report by New Hampshire’s attorney general that looked into allegations of anti-Mormon push polls being used against Republican Mitt Romney. Attorney General Kelly Avottee named the firm run by Bob Moore as well as Western Wats, the firm Moore hired to do calling in New Hampshire. Jeff Mapes at the Oregonian says on his blog that he got this e-mail statement from Moore in response to questions about the New Hampshire case.

In 27 years of business, Moore Information has never, currently does not, nor will it ever engage in push polling. American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), provides definitional information on push polling. Moore Information adheres to the standards and ethics outlined by AAPOR for all survey research. Moore Information, Inc. is a public opinion research company, specializing in campaigns and public affairs, using standard sample sizes and methodologies. In accordance with standard industry practices, confidentiality agreements prohibit comment on specific surveys.

As Mapes points out, that leaves a lot of questions unanswered about what happened in New Hampshire. We have a brief report in today’s paper that says:

The attorney general's office had sought subpoenas of Moore-Information. But Moore-Information's attorney disputed the subpoena and objected to the deadline. An Oregon court has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 16, a week after the primary.

Moore is the most popular pollster among Washington Republicans. He was Dino Rossi’s pollster in 2004. He has also done work for Dan Satterberg’s prosecutor campaign, Attorney General Rob McKenna, Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders, the state House and Senate Republican committees and last year’s insurance industry-backed campaign to defeat Referendum 67.