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How To Stop Political Robo Calls
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
StopPoliticalCalls.org
(Sept. 17)
It's dinner time. The phone rings, but no one is on the other end. It's a recorded political pitch -- a robocall -- asking for your vote in November. Even if you registered with the National Do Not Call Registry, you may get robocalls from candidates running for office. Political solicitors, charities and surveys are exempt from the Do Not Call list. But you can discourage these robocalls by registering with StopPoliticalCalls.org. This Web site, created by Citizens for Civil Discourse, puts politicians on the honor system. Although they can legally call you, CCD will inform them that you don't want to be called. On StopPoliticalCalls.org's blog, there are tips on privacy protection of all kinds, including links to request that Google and several other online businesses unlist your telephone number.
It's dinner time. The phone rings, but no one is on the other end. It's a recorded political pitch -- a robocall -- asking for your vote in November. Even if you registered with the National Do Not Call Registry, you may get robocalls from candidates running for office. Political solicitors, charities and surveys are exempt from the Do Not Call list. But you can discourage these robocalls by registering with StopPoliticalCalls.org. This Web site, created by Citizens for Civil Discourse, puts politicians on the honor system. Although they can legally call you, CCD will inform them that you don't want to be called. On StopPoliticalCalls.org's blog, there are tips on privacy protection of all kinds, including links to request that Google and several other online businesses unlist your telephone number.