The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office said this week that it’s suspending an investigation into a reported robocalls to Oregonians just before the Nov. 8 election.

The automated messages told recipients that their voter registration may be “inactive.”

As Portland-based alternative weekly Willamette Week pointed out, the Secretary of State’s Office was quick when it first announced the complaints earlier this fall to deem the calls “voter suppression activity.”

The office noted at the time that all voters who received an official ballot should be considered active and that if they voted by the deadline, their vote would be counted.

But a spokeswoman said in a press announcement Dec. 20 that “while the investigation confirmed that many people were unhappy and confused by the calls, there was no direct evidence that the calls contained deliberately false information that affected a person’s voting behavior.”

The secretary of state’s office said it worked with the FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Oregon DOJ to investigate the complaints.

This year’s general election, the secretary of state noted on Monday during the Electoral College vote at the Oregon Capitol, saw heightened scrutiny of state and local elections systems.