Switching Off the Political Party Line

If you're sick of political campaign phone calls, the National Political Do Not Contact Registry gives hope.

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In the last weeks of the 2006 election, nearly two-thirds of voters (some 90 million people) got prerecorded "robo" calls from candidates, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

By the campaign's end, about 40 percent of voters had received at least three, and as many as nine, such calls.

Now comes the hope of relief for those who want to be left alone, courtesy of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry (sign up at stoppoliticalcalls.org). One flaw: Candidates need not abide by the registry. Let's hope they elect to anyway.
From Reader's Digest - March 2008
 
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Thanks for mentioning StopPoliticalCalls.org. To date five politicians have joined with us, including Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Nancy Boyda (D-KS) as well as one of the leading robo calling firms: Democratic Dialing. Regards, Shaun Dakin CEO and Founder StopPoliticalCalls.org

By shimane, on 05/07/2008

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