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Nov 13, 2011 Metro columnist Dan Casey: Political robocalls to cellphones are irritating One expert in this field is a guy named Shaun Dakin, who lives in the Falls Church area of Northern Virginia. He's a privacy advocate who in 2007 founded the nonprofit National Political Do Not Contact Registry. You can sign up for it at stoppoliticalcalls.org. Roanoke Times more...
Nov 1, 2011 Robo-calls are inexpensive method to reach voters So why do campaigns place the calls? "They do them because they're incredibly cheap," said Shaun Dakin, founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that lobbies for a way for voters to opt-out of automated calls. "It's something... Rochester Democrat and Chronicle more...
Oct 5, 2011 WGN Chicago Radio Interview with Shaun Dakin Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder, is interviewed today on the Mike McConnell Radio show on WGN 720 Chicago about HR 3035 that will allow robocalls from businesses to cell phones. WGN Radio 720 AM more...
Oct 3, 2011 Congress Is About to Make It Legal to Robocall Your Cell Phone; Here�s How to Speak Up Against It Congress Is About to Make It Legal to Robocall Your Cell Phone; Here�s How to Speak Up Against It Since 1991, mobile phone numbers have been excluded from telemarketers' lists, political campaigners, and other unwanted, unsolicited phone marketers. Now,... LifeHacker more...
Jun 30, 2011 Cerabino: Gov. Scott's series of robocalls fails to click "I can't imagine that it's working for him," said Shaun Dakin, founder of the Washington-based National Political Do Not Contact Registry. "The evidence shows that robocalls just turn people off and make people angry." Dakin's group, which tracks the use of political robocalls, says these... Palm Beach Post more...
Jun 29, 2011 Robocalls from Gov. Rick Scott jangle some Floridians Shaun Dakin, founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, has been tracking robocall trends for about five years and said Scott is the first public official to use them for regular updates on his activities, rather than for campaign purposes. "At least from the Twitter traffic and... Saint Petersburg Times more...
Jun 27, 2011 Can You Stop Political Phone Calls? Robo-calls are incredibly cheap and easy for political campaigns to do, and certainly at the end of a campaign, whatever leftover money there is often goes towards quickly recording a robo-call,� said Shaun Dakin, the CEO and founder of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, an online... The Street more...
Nov 2, 2010 Political robocall annoyance moves to cell phones "There's not a heck of a lot you can do about this issue," said Shaun Dakin, a former Democratic phone bank volunteer who's trying to do something about it. Dakin, 44, founded the National Political Do Not Contact Registry at StopPoliticalCalls.org. More than 200,000 people have added their... St. Petersburg Times (FL) more...
Nov 1, 2010 Conservatives use Democratic phone bank for own purposes, raise privacy concerns "There's no logical reason why OFA needs to display pretty much any of the information they provide," said Shaun Dakin, founder of Stop Political Phone Calls, a nonprofit that opposes robo-calls and maintains a political do-not-call registry. "In general, politicians just play fast and loose with... Washington Post more...
Oct 29, 2010 (Radio) Can You Stop Political Robocalls Nicknamed "robo calls" they've become a staple of the political season. However, "there are parts of the population where this is more than just - hey, hang up the phone. It becomes a big issue," says Shaun Dakin. Since starting his National Political Do Not Contact Registry. A woman who... 97.3 KIRO FM more...
Oct 28, 2010 Campaigns show no sign of easing up on robocalls for votes Shaun Dakin is trying to close that loophole. Three years ago, he launched the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, which he says now contains about 200,000 people � including about 4,000 from Maryland � Dakin provides the list for free to candidates. Only 16, none of them from Maryland,... The Baltimore Sun more...
Sep 13, 2010 (TV) Campaign robo-calls exempt from Do Not Call Registry StopPoliticalCalls.org offers a nonprofit, and "non-partisan" website with its own Political Do Not Contact Registry aimed at getting politicians to take you off their contact lists. It's the brainchild of Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of Citizens for Civil Discourse. KOMO TV 4 more...
Aug 23, 2010 (Video) Robocalls help politicians get out their message Not everyone is a fan of the calls. After working the phones during the 2004 presidential campaign, and taking a lot of heat from the people he called, Shaun Dakin decided to act. His Washington-based organization is trying to stop what he calls these unwelcome intrusions into people's lives.... WPTV (NBC FL) more...
Jul 10, 2010 How to Stop Political Robocalls Shaun Dakin has created an online registry at StopPoliticalCalls.org in hopes of stopping robocalls from political candidates. His group, Citizens for Civil Discourse, distributes its "National Political Do Not Contact Registry database to politicians, political action committees, advocacy... Daily Breeze (CA) more...
Jul 7, 2010 (Video) ABC News - Do Not Call List doesn't stop political calls They just spam us into oblivion, and it's really phone spam," said Shaun Dakin, the man behind the effort to create the National Political Do Not Contact Registry . Dakin said he's collected more than 160,000 phone numbers so far, about 5,000 of them from Arizona. ABC News 15 more...
Jul 5, 2010 US Senate Candidate Takes Do Not Robocall Pledge U.S. Senate candidate John Dougherty, who is facing former Tucson City Council member Rodney Glassman, former state lawmaker Cathy Eden and labor organizer Randy Parraz in the Democratic primary, says you won't be getting any robocalls from him: John Dougherty, Arizona Democratic candidate for... Tuscon Weekly more...
Jun 30, 2010 Political Hangups (Video) Local NBC news in Atlanta, GA about robocalls. Shaun Dakin is the Director of the National Political Do Not Call Registry. He says the group is in discussion with one Georgia congressional candidate who has vowed not to call voters with robocalls. Dr. Jody Hice is running as a Republican... NBC News more...
Jun 22, 2010 Digital Politics Radio Interview Guest on the first half is Kyle Roberts, CEO and President, Smart Media Group and in the second half Shaun Dakin, Founder The National Political Do Not Contact Registry. Topics on the show today include the Meg Whitman for Governor campaign in CA, targeting voters online as well as through... Digital Politics more...
Jun 1, 2010 Voters in Washington County to take action vs. robocalls Depending on volume, the calls cost approximately one-quarter of 1 cent each, far less than direct mail or media advertising, said Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of the nonprofit, non-partisan Citizens for Civil Discourse, a group devoted to eliminating robocalls by asking politicians to... Pittsburg Post-Gazette more...
Dec 4, 2009 Cell phones not immune to 'robocalls' - Candidates seeking to expand reach with calls. Gwen Rowling is accustomed to getting automated calls on her land line, but two automated calls from U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith to her cell phone this week caught her by surprise. Rowling, an Austin consultant, is one of 210,000 cell phone users who received so-called robo-calls from Smith, a... The Austin Statesman more...
Dec 3, 2009 McCain Returns To Robocalls To Target Health Care, Democrats Slightly further under the radar, McCain has put out a nearly identical robocall for himself in Arizona, in which he again touts the work he did in introducing "the first Republican amendment to the massive health care bill, which would send the bill back to the Senate Finance Committee and stop... Huffington Post more...
Sep 4, 2009 Political robocalls already a no-no in Minnesota After reading my blog post this week about new limits on prerecorded telemarketing calls, Shaun Dakin pointed out that Minnesota is one of a handful of states that goes further than the feds by banning virtually all robocalls, including those from politicians. Dakin is the head of a... Star Tribune (MN) more...
Sep 4, 2009 Back-to-school speech spurs robocalls to parents Parents in school districts in Texas, Louisiana and South Carolina have also gone online to discuss receiving similar calls from the local school district, said Shaun Dakin, chief executive and founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a nonprofit advocacy program. The Hill more...
Sep 1, 2009 Reining In the Robocalls Shaun Dakin, who heads the National Political Do-Not-Contact Registry has been on the frontlines of the robocall battle for the past several years. Dakin�s registry of voters who don�t want to receive the calls is ever growing, but the legislative efforts are still stalling. To those who think... Politics Magazine more...
Aug 28, 2009 Some Robocalls Will Be Banned Other calls not covered by the ban include those from charities, banks, insurers, phone companies, surveys, prescription notifications and those from politicians. "Robocalls are essentially an invasion of privacy," says Shaun Dakin, founder of stoppoliticalcalls.org. Since 2007 his... News Channel 13 more...
Jun 23, 2009 First Amendment vs. final straw: Can we stop those annoying political 'robocalls'? Should we? "We're not advocating for banning robocalls, or taking away freedom of speech," said Shaun Dakin, the founder of the organization. "But we do think the voter should have a chance to opt out." Philadelphia Daily News more
Jun 20, 2009 Robocall Privacy Act Take Two Shaun Dakin, who heads the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, says he was in contact with Feinstein�s staff about re-introducing the bill, which the California Democrat did in May. In a non-election year Dakin thinks the bill stands a much better chance for passage, particularly given... Politics Magazine more
Jan 13, 2009 Hold those robo calls The founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry offers tips on how to stop those unwanted calls Info World more...
Jan 7, 2009 Terry McAuliffe Brings Back Robocalls For Virginia Gubernatorial Race But, according to Battler Of Robots Extraordinaire Shaun Dakin of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, that silence has already been broken by robocalls pertaining to the Virginia Governor race in 2010! WHY, GOD, WHY? Just who is responsible for this? UGH. Terry McAuliffe, of... Huffington Post more...
Jan 3, 2009 Robo Award Winners Video segment by reporter Scott Hurley on the Robos! Fox TV (WI) more...
Jan 2, 2009 I hate robocalls, you hate robocalls You know, those automated calls from political candidates and their surrogates that reached absolute saturation a couple of months back. Pick the worst of them here. The Fayetteville Observer more...
Jan 2, 2009 Texan voice behind "weirdest robocall of 2008" The winner for "weirdest" robocall of the year went to Austinite Robbert Morrow, who flooded phonelines in South Carolina in January with allegations about Bill and HIllary Clinton's White House years. Click here to listen to the call. The Star Telegram (TX) more...
Jan 2, 2009 The First Annual Robos Leading the voting in the weirdest category on Dakins website was the anti-Hillary call launched and paid for by Robert Morrow, a longtime anti-Clinton activist. The call went out to some voters in South Carolina before last year Democratic primary there. Politics Magazine more...
Jan 1, 2009 Anti-Hillary robocalls nabs award South Carolina's reputation for bare-knuckle politics will get a boost because it was home to the weirdest political phone call in the 2008 presidential campaign. The Post & Courier (SC) more...
Dec 29, 2008 Two California robocalls make Top 10 Hall of Shame list Article about the top 10 Worst Robocalls of 2008. Contra Costa Times (CA) more...
Dec 23, 2008 Top Ten Robo-Calls Of The Election Year Revealed Coverage of the top 10 Robocalls of the year. Huffington Post more...
Dec 19, 2008 StopPoliticalCalls.org wins award Short story about our Mashable Open Web Award Win. by Jennifer Nycz.Conner Staff Reporter Washington Business Journal more...
Dec 18, 2008 The 'Robos' Fox news segment on the Robos! The award for the worst and weirdest robocalls of the 2008 election. Fox News (11-WI) more...
Dec 15, 2008 Turning Robocalls into a Contest Story about the Robos! The award for the best and weirdest robo call by Shawn Zeller of CQ. Congressional Quarterly more...
Nov 4, 2008 The Union Of Politics And Telemarketing -- What's Not To Like? Robocalls -- those recorded, automatically dailed phone messages -- have been lighting up phones everywhere the past few days. Nobody seems to like getting them. Some are innocuous -- the standard fare of campaigns and candidates. But then there are underhanded, unaccountable calls meant to... NPR more...
Nov 3, 2008 Campaign Calls to Cellphones Invade Privacy, Voters Say Kim Hart writes about how voters are getting millions of robo calls to their cell phones from politicians. Washington Post more...
Nov 3, 2008 Dakin dials up effort to curb the use of robocalls Article about CEO and Founder Shaun Dakin. PRWeek more...
Oct 31, 2008 Stop Calling Me! Do Robocalls work? Shaun Dakin, CEO of StopPoliticalCalls.org is interviewed. Newsweek more...
Oct 31, 2008 Some Orlando-area voters call political 'robocalls' just another form of telemarketing Ludmilla Lelis writes about robo calls in FL. Orlando Sentinel more...
Oct 31, 2008 Sixteen Great Twitter Moments Shaun Dakin (@EndTheRoboCalls) runs the National Political Do Not Contact Registry. While political robo calls to phone numbers on the Federal Do Not Call list are okay, robo calls to phone numbers on California�s Do Not Call List of any sort, even political, are illegal. When Shaun�s... Mashable more...
Oct 31, 2008 Latest Anti-Obama Robocall Hits Him On Partial Birth Abortion According to Shaun Dakin of the non-partisan Citizens for Civil Discourse, individuals in three states have reported receiving a new robocall from the National Pro-Life Alliance attacking Barack Obama on the issue of partial birth abortion. Huffington Post more...
Oct 31, 2008 As time ticks by, the calls come in By DANE SCHILLER The phone rings, and on the other end is a recording by legendary astronaut John Glenn. Another call brings a recorded message from Harris County's chief tax collector, also making an urgent appeal to voters. Houston Chronicle more...
Oct 30, 2008 Web Puts Dog-Whistle Politics on a Leash Ari Melber writes about how the internet is able to spot "under the radar" dirty tricks much faster than before. The Nation more...
Oct 29, 2008 Battle for the hearts, minds and ears of voters Article about the US election and robo calls. The Age (Australia) more...
Oct 27, 2008 Sexy Robocall Flogs 'Green Republican,' Flouts Law Story about the Sexy Robocall in CA. Wired more...
Oct 27, 2008 Campaign Call or Sex Hotline? Interview with Shaun Dakin. KCBS Radio (CA) more...
Oct 25, 2008 Even if you're on Do Not Call registry, political calls are legal Story about robo calls in Colorado by Amy Hamilton. Daily Sentinel (CO) more...
Oct 25, 2008 TV Segment in San Francisco on Robo Calls Video segment on robo calls in San Francisco, CA with StopPoliticalCalls.org KRON 4 more...
Oct 24, 2008 A Brief History Of Robo-Calls Shaun Dakin Quoted in Time. Time Magazine more...
Oct 23, 2008 Robocalls flood phone lines in battleground states Story on robo calls. Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder of StopPoliticalCalls.org, is quoted. CNN more...
Oct 23, 2008 Election Day brings invasion of robocalls Story on robo calls with Shaun Dakin interviewed. CNET more...
Oct 23, 2008 CNN Interview of Shaun Dakin Carol Costello interviews Shaun Dakin for a segement on robo calls. StopPoliticalCalls.org more...
Oct 22, 2008 Can 'robocalls' sway U.S. voters? Good story about robo calls and their lack of effectiveness. Toronto Star more...
Oct 21, 2008 Big Union Robocall Hammers McCain For "Getting Rid Of The Rules For The Fatcats On Wall Street" StopPoliticalCalls.org breaks news on Union robocall. Talking Points Memo more...
Oct 21, 2008 Women's Group Pays $100,000 Fine For N.C. Robocalls WVWV.org, an advocacy group, paid $100k for robocalls made during the NC primary in 2008. Wired.com more...
Oct 21, 2008 AFL-CIO Hits McCain On Economy In New Robocall Union hits McCain on Economy Robo call in OH Huffington Post more...
Oct 20, 2008 Voters Fed Up With Political Phone Calls TV Segment on Political Calls with StopPoliticalCalls.org. Video link available. WBNS 10 TV (Columbus, OH) more...
Oct 20, 2008 New McCain Robocall Stars ... Sarah Palin! Article about robo calls. The story includes a StopPoliticalCalls.org member, Carol Johnson from Wisconsin. Talking Points Memo more...
Oct 20, 2008 Campaigns Take Flak For Using Robocalls Story about robo calls with Shaun Dakin interviewed. Audio available. NPR more...
Oct 20, 2008 CNN Segment on Robo calls with Veronica De La Cruz TV Segment with StopPoliticalCalls.org. Video Link available. CNN more...
Oct 16, 2008 GOP, McCain Appear To Dominate Robocall War Sam Stein. While Barack Obama may be drowning out his opposition on the airwaves, spending copious amounts of cash on television advertisements in key markets, evidence suggests that John McCain is well ahead in one form of political outreach. Huffington Post more...
Oct 16, 2008 John McCain's Campaign Robots Hit the Phones John McCain's campaign appears to be using robocalls at three times the rate that Barack Obama's campaign is, according to anecdotal evidence collected by Shaun Dakin, an anti-robocall activist in Virginia. Wired more...
Oct 16, 2008 Wave Of McCain Robocalls Reported, Some May Violate State Law The McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee launched a massive robocall campaign on Thursday designed to alarm voters about Barack Obama's past association with former radical Bill Ayers. The committee may be violating state law in the process. Huffington Post more...
Oct 15, 2008 "Terrorist" Calls In PA? Shaun Dakin of the National Political Do Not Call Registry flags a call that one of his members from Pennsylvania received this week. The Atlantic more...
Oct 10, 2008 (Video) Putting An End To Political Calls Local Kansas City, MO segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org NBC Action News (MO) more...
Oct 9, 2008 Stop The Calls StopPoliticalCalls.org featured on local NBC segment. NBC 4 TMJ4 (WI) more...
Oct 4, 2008 Starting a Nonprofit Organization Interview with Shaun Dakin, Founder and CEO. Gaebler.com more...
Oct 3, 2008 Politicians' robocalls a napper's nightmare Editorial about robo calls. StopPoliticalCalls.org is mentioned as part of the solution. The Columbus Dispatch (OH) more...
Oct 1, 2008 Proposition 7 supporters making illegal robocalls, watchdog says A Nov. 4 ballot measure that would mandate a large increase in California's renewable energy usage is in violation of a state law on robocalls. Shaun Dakin, who is attempting to create a national do-not-call registry for political calls, said he's received 13 complaints about robocalls from... Politicker more...
Sep 30, 2008 Fox.com Tech Tuesday Fox.com Tech Tuesday talks about how you can stop political robo calls and mentions StopPoliticalCalls.org as a solution. Fox News more...
Sep 30, 2008 Radio Segment on 104.9 FM The River (OH) StopPoliticalCalls.org mentioned on air. 104.9 FM The River (OH) more...
Sep 24, 2008 It's an Election, Not an Invasion Letter to the editor regarding CEO Shaun Dakin's op-ed in the Washington Post 9/13/2008. Washington Post more...
Sep 21, 2008 Campaign tech breaches voters' right to privacy Op-Ed by Shaun Dakin Herald-Tribune (FL) more...
Sep 20, 2008 Do Not Robo Call Letter to the Editor from Shaun Dakin. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) was the first to sign our pledge and we now have six state and national politicians who have signed a no-robocall pledge. Wilmington Star-News (NC) more...
Sep 18, 2008 Political No Call List Letter to the editor from Shaun Dakin. McCook Daily Gazette (NE) more...
Sep 17, 2008 How To Stop Political Robo Calls StopPoliticalCalls.org was the website of the week at WTOP radio. WTOP Radio (DC) 103.5 FM more...
Sep 16, 2008 Support a campaign and lose your privacy Op-Ed by CEO Shaun Dakin about robo calls and a voter privacy bill of rights. The Cleveland Plain Dealer more...
Sep 15, 2008 Political Do Not Call Registry blocks robo-calls from candidates The 2008 election is heating up locally, statewide and nationwide, and there is a way to at least keep candidates from ringing your phone off the hook every night, thanks to the Political Do Not Call Registry. Jacksonville Daily Progress more...
Sep 15, 2008 Stop Robocalls The recent article about robocalls was well-timed. The general election in Florida is in full swing and it looks like Florida will once again help decide the presidential election this fall. That means voters can expect to be bombarded with political robocalls. Lakeland Ledger (FL) more...
Sep 14, 2008 Group wants limit to political calls One exemption for the National Do Not Call Registry is for political organizations, who may contact households on the list. But a new list targets political calls, too. Last year, a nonprofit organization called Citizens for Civil Discourse created the National Political Do Not Contact... The Herald-Mail more...
Sep 13, 2008 A Privacy Shield Against the Campaigns Op-Ed in the Washington Post by CEO Shaun Dakin about A Voter Privacy Bill of Rights. The Washington Post more...
Sep 12, 2008 Watchdog says Gerber violating state law on robocalls A congressional candidate in the Bay Area is willfully ignoring state law against using automated "robocalls" for his campaign, according to a watchdog on political communication. Politicker more...
Sep 12, 2008 Gerber inspires �Do Not Call� complaint GOP congressional candidate Nick Gerber of Moraga apparently didn�t get that memo about California�s largely unenforced ban on robocalls. Contra Costa Times (CA) more...
Sep 12, 2008 Despite Do-Not-Call entry, calls keep coming Q. My phone number is listed with the national Do Not Call Registry, but I keep getting calls from charitable organizations and people taking surveys. What can I do? Miami Herald more...
Sep 11, 2008 How to Join the Political 'Do Not Call' List TV News Segment about StopPoliticalCalls.org. Online video available. ABC WXYZ 7 TV (MI) more...
Sep 10, 2008 NBC TV News Segment on Political Calls Local TV Segment about StopPoliticalCalls.org (No video) NBC KGET TV 17 (CA) more...
Sep 10, 2008 Political Do Not Call List TV segment about StopPoliticalCalls.org NBC WDTN Dayton (OH) more...
Sep 9, 2008 Registry pushes back against political robo-calls From the morning e-mail ... The National Political Do Not Contact Registry (NPDNC) reports on its efforts thus far to quash political robo-calls: The Sun News (SC) more...
Sep 7, 2008 Do Not Call list does not apply to campaigns Horvath is not alone in her frustration. The Citizens for Civil Discourse, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, has started a National Political Do Not Call Registry. Shaun Dakin, chief executive officer and founder of the group, which is based in Washington, D.C., hopes someday the registry at his... The Times Herald (MI) more...
Sep 7, 2008 Fed-up voters can register for no-call list The Blade's Aug. 28 editorial about robocalls was well-timed. The general election is in full swing and it looks like, again, Ohio will be a "battleground state" that may determine who is the next president. That means voters can expect to be bombarded with political robocalls. I started a... Toledo Blade (OH) more...
Sep 7, 2008 TV News Segment on Political Calls TV segment on nightly news in Cleveland, OH. Cleveland newsnet 5 (OH) more
Sep 6, 2008 Take back your phones from the politicians at election time Letter to editor by CEO Shaun Dakin about AG Jay Nixon and his attempt to regulate robo calls ahead of his campaign for Governor. St. Louis Post-Dispatch more...
Sep 5, 2008 Tired of political phone calls? Get on the list Local TV segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org WMBF-TV Myrtle Beach, SC more...
Aug 31, 2008 Editorial - Stop Political Calls In CA Editorial about StopPoliticalCalls.org The Modesto Bee more...
Aug 29, 2008 Irked by robo-calls? There are options Editorial about robo calls. Jackson Citizen Patriot more...
Aug 27, 2008 Political Do-Not-Call List Latest John Matarese of WCPO's Don't Waste Your Money does a segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org ABC News (WCPO) Ohio more...
Aug 26, 2008 Off the Hook: Candidates Have Your Number CBS News.com story about robo calls with quotes by CEO Shaun Dakin. CBS News more...
Aug 21, 2008 Feds crack down on robo-calls (politics excepted) Interview with Jon Gordon, host of Future Tense. NPR more...
Aug 19, 2008 FTC targets prerecorded telemarketing drivel Story about the FTC rule change that includes StopPoliticalCalls.org Network World more...
Aug 15, 2008 Automated campaign phone calls under scrutiny Full story on the state of robo calls in the nation and Ohio. Cleveland Plain Dealer more...
Aug 14, 2008 Just don�t do it - Attack of the political robo-callers. Cosmo Garvin, columnist, writes about robo calls in CA. Sacramento News & Review more...
Aug 13, 2008 How Do Candidates Get Your Contact Information? (Video) Local CO story about how voters get their phone numbers on lists that candidates buy. ABC News - KRDO - CO more...
Aug 11, 2008 Group targets Minnesota in campaign to stop political robo-calling Twin Cities pick up on StopPoliticalCalls.org in MN. Twin Cities Daily Planet (MN) more...
Aug 11, 2008 Robo Calls Short radio segment with CEO Shaun Dakin interview. KOMO News Radio (WA) more...
Aug 7, 2008 Group seeks ban on celebrity 'robocalls' Detroit News article about StopPoliticalCalls.org Detriot News more...
Aug 5, 2008 Move to curb recorded celebrity phone calls Story about CA robo calls in the SF Chronicle. San Francisco Chronicle more...
Aug 5, 2008 KSRO Talk Radio Interview Live drive time interview on talk radio with Shaun Dakin. KSRO Radio 1350 more
Aug 5, 2008 Today's Fresh Meat Mention in this blog's "Fresh Meat" section. California Majority Report more...
Aug 5, 2008 Man wants no-call list for politics United Press International pick up on StopPoliticalCalls.org UPI more...
Aug 3, 2008 Hang Up Editorial about robo calls in California. Santa Rosa Press Democrat more...
Aug 3, 2008 Robo Calls Are Illegal In CA Editorial about political calls in CA. The Modesto Bee more...
Aug 2, 2008 Lisa Vorderbrueggen column: Robocalls aren't just annoying -- they're illegal too Lisa Vorderbrueggen column about illegal robo calls in CA. Contra Costa Times more...
Aug 1, 2008 NPR Radio Interview - Patt Morrison Shaun Dakin debates Moses Ross of the American Association of Political Consultants in a live call in show on NPR KPCC. National Public Radio - KPCC 89.3 more...
Jul 30, 2008 'Robocalls' violate state law Story by DC Mercury News Reporter Frank Davies about StopPoliticalCalls.org actions in California. San Jose Mercury News more...
Jul 30, 2008 Bill would limit automated poltical calls Article about StopPoliticalCalls.org and Sen. Feinstein's efforts to limit robo calls. The Bakersfield Californian more...
Jul 30, 2008 How to Prevent Illegal Political Robo-Calls Radio segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org in CA. KCBS radio in San Francisco more...
Jul 30, 2008 Stop Political Calls A great mention for StopPoliticalCalls.org on local ABC news KGO ABC News - KGO - CA more...
Jul 30, 2008 TV News Segment on Political Calls Segment on TV 20 in California. TV 20 - KBWB more...
Jul 29, 2008 Kucinich's California robo-calls spark complaints Story on StopPoliticalCalls.org complaints about Kucinich making robo calls in CA that are illegal. Cleveland Plain Dealer more...
Jul 28, 2008 Interview on XM 130 POTUS 08 Interview with Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder, StopPoliticdalCalls.org about the California Public Utilities Commission code that outlaws robo calls in Ca. XM Radio more
Jul 28, 2008 Group seeks to goad California utilities officials into stopping political 'robocalls' Politicker CA article about StopPoliticalCalls.org action in California. Politicker more...
Jul 25, 2008 Lawsuit Threat Over California Robo Calls The NPDNC will be challenging the CA Public Utilities Commission to enforce the existing code that makes robo calls in CA illegal. Politics Magazine more...
Jul 25, 2008 Political Robo Calls Are Illegal in California: You Can Help Enforce the Law and Protect Your Privacy Good story about our California initiative in a leading CA politics blog, the CA Progress Report. California Progress Report more...
Jul 25, 2008 Steve Scauzillo: How to turn off political 'robocalls' t's July, so people may have forgotten receiving a deluge of annoying, intrusive automated calls from candidates during the presidential primary in February, usually at dinner time or when your favorite show is on TV. Shaun Dakin, a marketer who founded the Web site StopPoliticalCalls.org,... Pasadena Star News more...
Jul 25, 2008 Dear candidates: Quit calling me Ever get annoyed by those recorded phone calls � �robocalls� � from political campaigns? You might want to check out a fellow named Shaun Dakin, the CEO and founder of something called The National Political Do Not Contact Registry. Here's the group's Web site. Fresno Bee Editorial Page more...
Jul 25, 2008 Russ Minick: Dear candidates, quit calling me Russ Minick: Dear candidates, quit calling me � Ever get annoyed by those recorded phone calls � "robocalls" � from political campaigns? You might want to check out a fellow named Shaun Dakin, the CEO and founder of something called The National Political Do Not Contact Registry. Minick blog �... San Joaquin Valleyfornia more...
Jul 23, 2008 Anti-Robocall Crusader Pushes For a Crackdown on Political Phone Droids Dakin, the founder of the non-profit National Political Do Not Contact Registry, is launching a new initiative to push California regulators to enforce its little-noted robocall rule. Wired.com more...
Jul 21, 2008 Yes, Virginia, there IS a political 'do not call' list BoomerGirl story about StopPoliticalCalls.org BoomerGirl more...
Jul 20, 2008 Do-not-call registry for robo-calls Letter to the Editor South East Missourian more...
Jul 1, 2008 When Robo Calls Cross the line P. 13 of the July, 2008 issue of Politics Magazine has a short article about the Robo call hall of shame. The Hall Of Shame is located at:http://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/sp/i/23651/pid/23651 Politics Magazine more...
Jun 17, 2008 New Mexico KOAT TV Channel 7 (ABC) Segment StopPoliticalCalls.org segment on Channel 7 news in Albuquerque, New Mexico. New Mexico KOAT TV Channel 7 (ABC) more
Jun 12, 2008 Indiana Supreme Court to Hear Robocall Case Story by reporter Shane D'Aprile on the Indiana Supreme court oral arguments to be held 6.16.2008. Shaun Dakin, CEO of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, is quoted. Politics Magazine more...
Jun 12, 2008 Indiana high court takes up 'robo' calls Story about the Indiana Supreme court case regarding the Indiana state robo call law. The Courier Journal (KY / IN) more...
Jun 5, 2008 Talk Radio 770 KKOB (NM) StopPoliticalCalls.org mentioned on KKOB 770 AM in New Mexico. KKOB more
Jun 1, 2008 Wired Magazine's Mr. Know-It-All Takes On Political Robo-Calling June, 2008. Brendan I. Koerner, AKA "Mr. Know-It-All": In June 2008 issues of Wired Brendan answers a reader's question about how to stop political phone calls. In the answer he points out StopPoliticalCalls.org. Thanks Mr. Know-It-All! Page 44. Wired Magazine more...
Jun 1, 2008 What are the rules on robo-calls? FactCheck.org's article about the latest regulations on robo-calls. StopPoliticalCalls.org is mentioned in the article. The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and... FactCheck.org more...
May 31, 2008 Political robocalls target of legislation 5/31/2008. San Diego. Most voters mistakenly believe that because they signed up for the National Do Not Call Registry, political phone calls should stop along with commercial ones. But political calls are specifically exempted from the registry. �Ninety percent of people have no clue that... San Diego Tribune more...
May 28, 2008 Regulate 'robo-calls' 5/28/2008. Editorial about regulation of robo calls. Watertown Daily Times (NY) more...
May 23, 2008 Wall Street Journal's Political Perceptions 5/23/2008 - The Wall Street Journal's Political Perceptions blog called out the Stateline.org's story about Robo calls and StopPoliticalCalls.org Wall Street Journal more...
May 22, 2008 States target political robo-calls 5/22/2008: As Shaun Dakin phoned a list of Cleveland voters while campaigning for John Kerry in 2004, he wondered if he was doing more harm than good for his candidate when the voices on the other end became angrier and more aggressive with each call. A volunteer for state and national... Stateline News (Pew) more...
May 14, 2008 Voluntarily halt unwanted robocalls 5/15/2008. Scranton, PA: While many Pennsylvania residents might believe these bills would provide relief in the fall, they are mistaken. The fact is that the bills likely will get buried in committee, where they now reside. That is a good thing. Political speech is protected by the First... The Scranton Times Tribune (Scranton, PA) more
May 9, 2008 Law fails to stop robocalls (Video) 5/9/2008. Tom Walker. This election year, robocalls for and against the candidates have blanketed the country, but what is raising eyebrows is the fact that in Indiana, such calls are illegal. "Indiana has one of the strictest robocalling laws in the country," said Shaun Dakin,... NBC - WTHR 13 more
May 6, 2008 Anti-Abortion Group Ignores Indiana Law, Launches Anti-Obama Robocall Campaign 5/6/2008. Sarah Lai Stirland. As Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry notes in a couple of blog posts on the subject of robo-calling in Indiana, state legislators have tried to outlaw such calls, but it's questionable as to whether the law can... Wired Magazine more
May 6, 2008 Ric Anderson: Columnist for Topeka-Capital Journal 5/6/2008. Ric Anderson. Earlier this year, I wrote a column about the National Political Do Not Contact registry, a fledgling project aimed at allowing Americans to stop receiving unsolicited calls from political campaigns. The project is similar to the federal Do Not Call list, which applies to... Topeka-Capital Journal (KS) more
May 5, 2008 Bill seeks to restrict robo calls 5/5/2008. Amy Worden. Shaun Dakin, a former business executive, is so frustrated by what he sees as the automation of campaigns that he founded Citizens for Civil Discourse, a group seeking to restore humans to telephonic political debate. The organization asks candidates to pledge that they... Philladelphia Inquirer more
May 3, 2008 Voter suppression in North Carolina? 5/3/2008. Alex Koppelman. Did a pro-Hillary Clinton nonprofit group make voter suppression robo-calls to keep Barack Obama's voters from going to the polls in North Carolina on Tuesday? That's the charge from part of the liberal blogosphere this week, but it's a charge based on no solid evidence... Salon more
May 1, 2008 Shaun Dakin Op-Ed in Politico 5/1/2008: Shaun Dakin. Yet another primary is coming, and while no one knows if Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton will win, one thing we do know with absolute certainty is that Indiana and North Carolina voters will be overwhelmed with campaign advertisements and barraged by robocalls.... The Politico more
May 1, 2008 Don't call us, we'll call you 5/1/2008. Shaun Dakin. In 2007, state Sen. Tony Rand introduced Senate Bill 1002 to regulate political robocalls. Also in 2007, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, a Republican, introduced the HR 248: Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act. While many North Carolina residents might believe these... Fayetteville Observer (NC) more
May 1, 2008 Stop those political robocalls 5/1/2008. Shaun Dakin. At the voluntary National Political Do Not Contact Registry, some members report receiving 10 to 15 robocalls a day during election season. Mothers complain their babies are awakened from naps. Night shift workers who sleep during the day aren't able to get their rest.... Charlotte Observer (NC) more
Apr 27, 2008 Robocalls Causing Static for Politicians 4.27.2008. Washington, D.C.: The consultants last year committed to not making late-night calls and to giving recipients the ability to opt out of future communications. But Shaun Dakin, chief executive of Citizens for Civil Discourse, which supports the bill, says that�s not enough. Since last... Congressional Quarterly Politics more
Apr 27, 2008 Congress may act to limit 'robocalls' 4.27.2008. Dallas Fort Worth. Activist Shaun Dakin is trying to do the next-best thing. He founded the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a nonpartisan list modeled on the federal do-not-call list for telemarketers. The group's Web site, stoppoliticalcalls.org, has collected nearly... Star-Telegram (TX) more
Apr 21, 2008 Campaigns Inundate Voters -- And Attack Each Other -- With Automated Calls 4/21/2008. KEITH STASKIEWICZ and AVNI PATEL: "The vast majority of people don't listen to them or hang up immediately when they pick up the phone," says Shaun Dakin, the founder of the National Political Do Not Call Registry, adding that the calls have "become so cheap that campaigns have become... ABC News more
Apr 17, 2008 Bills would restrict 'robocalls' 4/17/2008. Washington, DC. Automated calls can have a positive role in the political process, Lofgren said. Like many members, she uses such calls to ask people if they want to participate in a telephone town hall, "and each year thousands do," she said. One non-partisan group is not... San Jose Mercury News (CA) more
Apr 15, 2008 Robocall Regulation Debate Heats Up 4/15/2008. Washington, D.C.: In response to S. 2624, more than 20 bipartisan political consultants have joined forces and spent more than $20,000 to fight legislative proposals which "violate" protected speech. A recent fundraising letter sent to thousands of consultants seeks support for what... OMB Watch more
Apr 8, 2008 Viewpoints Radio Show - WTKF 107.1 FM (NC) 4/8/2008: WTKF 107.1 FM Lockwood Phillips Viewpoints. Live radio interview and call in talk show. WTKF 107.1 FM more
Apr 8, 2008 New Partnership Boosts Do-Not-Call Registry 4/8/2008. Shane D'Aprile. A Denver-based robocall firm ruffled some feathers this week when it agreed to work with the National Political Do-Not-Contact Registry. Consultants say the registry threatens their clients' First Amendment Rights-not to mention their own wallets. But Rick Gilmore,... Campaigns & Elections Magazine more
Apr 7, 2008 Tech President Daily Digest 4/7/2008. Tech President's Daily Digest. You know those sites your mother emails you and all your relatives that promise to add you to national do-not-call lists? Now there�s one, StopPoliticalCalls.org, that promises the same for political robo calls. But maybe I want a personal call from... Tech President more
Apr 6, 2008 Political do-not-call list seeking numbers 4/6/2008: Ashley Bailey. With all the negativity he has received, Dakin realized maybe voters (or non-voters, for that matter) don�t want politicians calling them. �People were really angry,� he said. �Not angry about the election or the politicians; they were angry at me for calling them at... Eureka Reporter (CA) more
Apr 2, 2008 Digital Politics Radio with Karen Jagoda 4/2/2008. San Diego, CA. Karen Jagoda's Digital Politics. RADIO Interview. Audio AVAILABLE. The show today will begin with Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder of StopPoliticalCalls.org by Citizens for Civil Discourse. We will be talking about robo calling and various innovations in... Sign On Radio more
Mar 28, 2008 Some Politicians Trying To Stop Robo-Calls 3/28/2008. KMBC - TV ABC Kansas City. TV Segment about Mike Carter, running for Lt. Gov in Missouri. Mike has signed the "do not robo call" pledge. Carter said he's going to do some robo-calls to see whether people don't want any more robo-calls. "Yes, it's kind of paradoxical ... but... KMBC TV Kansas City (ABC) more
Mar 26, 2008 Hi ... this is Senator X asking for your support ... 3/26/2008: Op-Ed by CEO and Founder Shaun Dakin. April 22 is coming quickly and while no one knows if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will win the Pennsylvania primary, one thing we do know is that Pennsylvania voters will be smothered with campaign messages and bombarded by robocalls. At one... Pittsburg Post Gazette more
Mar 19, 2008 Why local lawmakers are pushing a ban on robo-calls 3/18/2008: Chicago, IL. Leslie Hague: Shaun Dakin, who runs the Web site www.stoppoliticalcalls.org, said he heard from many 14th Congressional District voters leading into the March election. The group has signed up 50,000 people interested in not receiving robo-calls, but politicians'... The Daily Herald (Chicago) more
Mar 17, 2008 Legislator wants to limit political robo-calls 3/17/2008 - Jonathan Nawn, Columbus, OH: At least one organization has taken up the cause for frustrated voters. The non-profit group Citizens for Civil Discourse is promoting its National Political Do Not Contact Registry as a cooperative effort between politicians and voters. So far, two... The Daily Reporter (OH) more...
Mar 10, 2008 Bill seeks to limit political robo calls 3/10/2008. Detriot. Kathleen Gray: Meanwhile, Shaun Dakin, founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, is giving voters the tools to tell candidates they want off of the robo call lists. By signing up at www.stoppoliticalcalls.org, a voter will get a list of how to contact... Detroit Free Press more
Mar 10, 2008 Did Oberweis 'robocalls' backfire? 3/10/2008: Sun Times News Group: n a letter to the editor today, the CEO and founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry says his group received a lot of complaints from voters about Oberweis robocalls. Shaun Dakin thinks it might have played a role in the outcome of the special... Sun Times News Group (IL) more
Mar 6, 2008 WCCO Radio Minneapolis / St. Paul Link Of The Day 3/6/2008: WCCO Radio live interview. Mondale and Jones: 9am-Noon WCCO Radio (MN) more
Mar 1, 2008 Switching Off the Party Line March 2008: In the March 2008 issue of Reader's Digest, StopPoliticalCalls.org was mentioned in the "Only In America" feature section. Reader's Digest more...
Feb 28, 2008 A hangup about robocalls - Josephine Hearn - Politico.com 2/28/2008 Washington, DC: Josephine Hearn - To combat the calls, Dakin launched a nonprofit group in October, the National Political Do Not Call Registry. “I thought, ‘I’m spent with red versus blue politics of the past 20 years. How can I be part of the solution?’” Dakin said. The Politico more
Feb 28, 2008 Foxx takes the Robo-Pledge 2/28/2008: Boone, NC. Scott Nicholson - U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC 5) backed up her push for legislation that would help limit automated political calls by becoming the first member of Congress to take a “Do Not Robo Call” pledge. As part of the pledge, she agreed not to send automated... Mountain Times (NC) more
Feb 28, 2008 End of the line for U. S. robocalls? 2/28/2008: Oklahoma. Chris Casteel - n the 2006 election season, nearly two-thirds of registered voters received recorded telephone calls, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. That's about 90 million people. Shaun Dakin, who started an organization called the National Political... The Oklahoman more
Feb 28, 2008 Feinstein Strengthens Robocall Bill 2/28/2008. Washington, DC. Shane D'Aprile - Even Shaun Dakin, who has spent the last three years fighting for a political do-not-call registry, said after Wednesday’s hearing that he’s skeptical the proposal will get through Congress with the do-not-call provision included. Sen.... Politics Magazine more
Feb 27, 2008 Stop robocalls 2/27/2008. Washington, DC: Sara Sciammacco, Capital News Connection. Radio Segment on the 2.27 Senate Hearings on Robo Calls. Shaun Dakin, CEO of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry is interviewed. KGOU - Norman, Oklahoma more
Feb 27, 2008 Robo Call Hearing - CNN 2/27/2008. Washington, DC: Shaun Dakin's Robo Call Testimony included on report on Sen Feinstein's Robocall Privacy Act hearings in the Situation Room. CNN - The Situation Room more
Feb 27, 2008 CSPAN Robocall Coverage 2/27/2008: Washington, DC: Full live and repeated coverage of US Senate Hearings on Robo calls by Senator Feinstein. Shaun Dakin, CEO of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, was one of three witnesses at the hearing. CSPAN more
Feb 25, 2008 Political No-Call List 2/25/2008: Scott Hurley, Reporter (VIDEO) - The Presidential candidates are sure to be back in Wisconsin this fall. And while all that attention is nice, sometimes it can get a little annoying. Fox11online.com's Scott Hurley has news of a new "no-call list" for political candidates in this... FOX 11 WLUK - Wisconsin more
Feb 21, 2008 Telemarketing Politicians 2/21/2008: Cleveland, OH: They want your vote - and they'll keep calling you ‘til they get it! It's not just telemarketer season - it's time for politicians to call you over and over and over... And the Do Not Call List can't protect you! But 19 Action News found a way to rock their... WOIO Ch 19 News (Cleveland, OH) more
Feb 20, 2008 Ending political "robo-calls" 1/20/2008 - Seattle, WA: PHUONG LE And one organization wants to create a Political Do Not Call Registry, modeled on the government-sponsored list. Shaun Dakin, the CEO and founder of Citizens for Civil Discourse, didn't give the exact number of people who have registered so far, but told me... Seattle Post-Intelligencer more
Feb 14, 2008 Senate Bill Would Limit Robocalls 2/14/2008: The bill, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., would place limits on the number of robocalls that could go out to a given household per day – no more than two. It would also restrict the time of day the calls could be sent out – calls... Politics Magazine more
Feb 12, 2008 Telling Politicans to Lose That Number (Video) 2/12/2008. Washington, DC: Tiffany Wilson does a segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org for college students. Letting them know that politicians can robocall their cell phones, even if they are on the Federal do not call list. The Palestra.com College Network more
Feb 7, 2008 Do Not Call List Specifically For Politicians 2/7/2008 San Diego, CA: News segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org. Video may be available at the station website. News 8 CBS San Diego more
Feb 7, 2008 Do Not Call registry set to become permanent 2/7/2008 - Network World: The Clinton campaign also made robo-calls in the state but said its calls did not violate the law, according to the AP. (There is a group called StopPoliticalCalls.org that says it can protect consumers from these calls.) Beyond the robo call issue, the Do Not Call... Network World more
Feb 6, 2008 Keeping Politicians From Calling You 2/6/2008 - Katelyn Sykes, Bridgeport, WV: Most of us know about the "Do Not Call" registry that keeps telemarketers off the phone, but did you know there's a loophole that still allows politicians to give you a ring as they vie for your vote? Millions of people get those annoying calls from... WDTV 5 (CBS WV) more
Feb 6, 2008 Stop calling! 2/6/2008: Boulder, CO: In response, an independent, non-profit organization called the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, based in Washington, D.C., has begun setting up a system where voters can register on-line to be exempt from these automated phone calls. “It's a citizen-led... Colorado Daily News more
Feb 5, 2008 Stopping Political Phone Calls 2/5/2008 Twin Cities, MN: (Bill Keller) November is still nine months away, and voters are already tired of politicians calling for support. If you would like to stop political phone calls, you can register at https://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org. FOX 9’s Bill Keller, reporting. Nearly 150... Fox 9 News (MN) more
Feb 3, 2008 Campaign's in full swing, so brace yourself for 'robo calls' 2/3/2008: Tucson, AZ: Shaun Dakin, a Washington activist and founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, said the coming wave of prerecorded calls might drive more voters to his organization. "People don't like phone calls in general, they don't like volunteer phone calls, but... Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) more
Feb 1, 2008 Hung up on automated campaign calls? 2/1/2008 Minneapolis, MN: Mark Brunswick. Family dinners and personal time watching "Wheel of Fortune" could be quieter during election seasons if Shaun Dakin's brainchild takes off. Dakin, a former marketing executive, did direct marketing and phone-bank calling as a volunteer for... Star Tribune (MN) more
Jan 30, 2008 Editorial: State should ban annoying 'robo-calls' 1/30/2008: Oshkosh, WI: As Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of Citizens for Civil Discourse and www.StopPoliticalCalls.org, told us during a Northwestern Live chat last week, "The problem is, robo-calls don't actually reach voters and don't actually get them to do what the candidates want (vote,... Oshkosh Northwestern (WI) more
Jan 30, 2008 The politicians' visits were nice, but please, no more phone calls 1/30/2008 Pensacola, FL: (Mark O'brien) Some of the candidates seemed to do it nonstop, with automated or "robo" calls touting themselves and bashing their adversaries. Three, four, five, six calls a day. Fortunately, a free service is now collecting the phone numbers of people who don't want... Pensacola News Journal (FL) more
Jan 29, 2008 Political 'robo-calls' may bring backlash 1/29/2008 - Atlanta: Shaun Dakin, a Washington activist and founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, said the coming wave of prerecorded calls might drive more voters to his organization. "People don't like phone calls in general, they don't like volunteer phone calls, but... Atlanta Journal Constitution more
Jan 29, 2008 State representatives seek 'robo-call' limits 1/29/2008 York, PA: The idea of limiting robo-calls has its supporters. People are already signing onto an unofficial Political Do Not Call List maintained by the non-profit Citizens for Civil Discourse, which hopes lawmakers will respect the wishes of those who do not want recorded calls.... The York Dispatch (PA) more
Jan 29, 2008 New effort to stop political calls 1/29/2008 - San Francisco, CA: Shaun Dakin doesn't think Lofgren's proposal goes far enough. He's come up with a grassroots idea called www.stoppoliticalcalls.org "We're asking for politicians to take a pledge and to agree not to call people," said Shaun Dakin from www.stoppoliticalcalls.org. ABC 7 (KGO) San Francisco more
Jan 29, 2008 A possible hangup for politicians 1/29/2008: Pensacola, FL: Looking to escape from politicians on your telephone? You may be able to avoid the federal candidates — president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives — by signing up at www.stoppoliticalcalls.org. It’s a nonprofit, nonpartisan group trying to convince... Pensacola News Journal (FL) more...
Jan 26, 2008 Do Not Call registry targets nuisance political calls Folks who don't want to field call after call at all hours from political campaigns may have an alternative to leaving the phone off the hook. Shaun Dakin, a former campaign staffer with the John F. Kerry presidential campaign and now with the group Citizens for Political Discourse, has... Houston Chronicle more
Jan 25, 2008 A 'Do Not Call' List For Political Pestering Kalamazoo, Michigan: The 2003 legislation excludes political messages, a big hole that Dakin said his registry will one day plug. "Many Americans do not want politicians calling them at home, particularly automated or robo calls," he said. "It is an invasion of their privacy." People can... The Kalamazoo Gazette more
Jan 24, 2008 Folks who don't want to field call after call at all hours from political campaigns may have an alternative to leaving the phone off the hook. The Political Do Not Call Registry appears to rely on the honor system, and what Dakin called "the court of public opinion." Politicians who break their promise and call people on the list will be identified publicly before election day, he said, so that members can vote for other candidates... Ann Arbor News more
Jan 23, 2008 A 'Do Not Call' List For Political Pestering Saginaw Michigan: Shaun Dakin, a former campaign staffer with the John F. Kerry presidential campaign and now with the group Citizens for Political Discourse, has created a service called the National Political Do Not Call Registry. Dakin said his registry is patterned after the federal Do... The Saginaw News (MI) more
Jan 22, 2008 Politicians up against 'do not call' initiative 1/22/2008 - Springfield, MA: Shaun Dakin, a former campaign staffer with the John F. Kerry presidential campaign and now with the group Citizens for Political Discourse, has created a service called the National Political Do Not Call Registry. Dakin said his registry is patterned after the... The Republican (MA) more
Jan 22, 2008 News Talk 870 KRLA 1/22/2008 - LA: StopPoliticalCalls.org mention on News Talk 870 AM. News Talk 870 KRLA more
Jan 22, 2008 Stop Unwanted Political Advertising from Reaching You 1/22/2008: Springfield, MA: CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) Brace yourself for the barrage of presidential campaign phone calls, mailbox advertisements, and emails. The presidential campaign season has switched into high gear and voters will soon be on the receiving end of pesky campaign... WWLP 22 (TV-Springfield, MA) more
Jan 21, 2008 Looking Out for You: Annoying Campaign Calls 1/21/2008 - Greenville, SC: TV segment on political calls with the National Political Do Not Contact Registry Mentioned. WYFF 4 NBC (Greenville, SC) more
Jan 20, 2008 These political calls aren't just annoying 1/20/2008 - Los Angeles, CA: Shaun Dakin, a marketer and longtime campaign volunteer, thinks there's another way. He's had firsthand experience at making unsolicited calls on behalf of candidates. "People were angry to get the calls," Dakin said. "They would say, 'Who the hell are you?' 'I... LA Times more
Jan 19, 2008 Phone-weary voters quick to try to block political calls 1/19/2008 - Lansing, MI: The goal of the registry, which Dakin created last October under a nonprofit, non-partisan organization, is to stop all political calls, but Dakin said the main thrust, as the presidential election heats up, is to stop robocalls. "That's where most of the pain is and... Lansing State Journal (MI) more
Jan 19, 2008 Newsradio 1040 WHO (Iowa) 1/19/2008 - Des Moines, Iowa: Radio interview segment. Newsradio 1040 WHO more
Jan 18, 2008 Once novel, 'robo-calls' now more of a nuisance 1/18/2008 - Even robo-call opponent Shaun Dakin thinks the state laws may be ruled unconstitutional. In October, his non-partisan group, Citizens for Civil Discourse, started a private registry for people who don't want to get political robo-calls. People can sign up at stoppoliticalcalls.org,... USA Today more
Jan 18, 2008 States try to pull plug on 'robo-calls' 1/18/2008 - Political candidates and special interest groups have turned to robo-calls because they are fast and cheap. A robo-call costs 2 to 4 cents per household compared with about 50 cents for direct mail. "You can do 100,000 phone calls in an hour for $2,000," says Shaun Dakin, founder... USA Today more
Jan 18, 2008 Phone calls targeting candidates 1/18/2008 - Shaun Dakin, who helped start the nonprofit Political Do Not Call List, said automated calls turn voters off. “They don’t persuade them to do anything other than not vote, or not vote for the candidate” on whose behalf the call was made, Dakin said. The State (SC) more
Jan 18, 2008 A movement is afoot 1/18/2008 - Dave Lieber, Fort Worth, TX: Bad news and good news for people who are on federal and state Do Not Call lists but cannot stop political campaigns from calling them (Dec. 23 column). Elected officials voted to exempt their campaigns from these lists. Stephanie Klick, chairwoman... Star-Telegram (TX) more
Jan 18, 2008 KGO's Morning News 1/18/2008 - San Fransisco, CA: Live interview with Ed and Jennifer. KGO's Morning News is the number one rated morning program in the Bay Area. Award winning anchors Ed Baxter and Jennifer Jones are established journalists who guide the flow of the Bay Area’s best traffic, weather, business,... KGO AM 810 (SF, CA) more
Jan 18, 2008 WCTC Radio NJ 1450 1/18/2008 - Weekdays 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM With Alan David Stein. Live radio interview. WCTC Radio NJ more
Jan 18, 2008 Voters Want Robo-Calls Terminated 1/18/2008 - Greg Fox: In an effort to protect voters, the national political do-not-call registry has a Web site where you can provide one number for free and all of your contact information for $1.24. The group will then forward that to candidates asking them not to call -- or risk losing... WESH NBC 2 Orlando, FL more
Jan 16, 2008 Local legislator says free speech needn't cover robocalls 1/16/2008 - Lansing, MI - .... Because the politicians in both parties love them. Somehow, they believe robocalls actually work. Another option, however, is the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, modeled on the original. I heard Tuesday from Shaun Dakin, the chief executive officer... Lansing State Journal (MI) more
Jan 15, 2008 Avoid the political phone onslaught Avoid the political phone onslaught People who want to avoid receiving those pesky political calls as Minnesota’s primary inches closer have a way out. Launched in October by Shaun Dakin, the National Political Do Not Contact Registry allows people to duck out of the system. The site also... Duluth News Tribune (MN) more
Jan 12, 2008 Help might be near for political virus 1/12/2008 - Beaufort, SC: The help might come too late to relieve South Carolinians of the inconvenience of political telephone calls in the first-in-the-South presidential primaries, but a Virginia man is pushing relief from the ubiquitous "please vote" calls. According to The... The Beaufort Gazette (SC) more
Jan 10, 2008 New list targeting political calls 1/10/2008 - Anderson, SC: Politicians are exempt from the federal Do Not Call registry, because the law that created it protects political speech. In comes Mr. Dakin’s nonprofit, nonpartisan Web site, StopPoliticalCalls.org. Independent Mail more
Jan 8, 2008 Get your name off of political phone call lists 1.8.2008 - Twin Cities, MN - (VIDEO) As the elections draw closer, political campaigns are calling voters across Minnesota to get their message out. There is a way to stop those political phone calls by getting your name on a list. KSTP ABC Eyewitness News (MN) more
Jan 7, 2008 Tired of political calls? Nashua, NH - It might be too late to take action now, with the primary less than 24 hours away. But a company has started going after political campaigns for ringing the homes of people on the national "Do not call list." Here's what stoppolticialcalls.org has to say: "Many Americans do... The Nashua Telegraph (NH) more
Jan 7, 2008 Stop Political Phone Calls Live 5 News (CBS) - Video segment on StopPoliticalCalls.org. Live 5 News (Charleston, SC) more
Jan 7, 2008 Political Do Not Call List Waterville, ME - With primary season in high gear, candidates are reaching voters in every way possible. But voters who don't appreciate phone calls can opt into the new Political Do Not Call Registry, founded by Shaun Dakin '89. "The beauty of the registry is that its use by political campaigns... Colby College Magazine more
Jan 6, 2008 Site set up to end calls for votes 1/6/2008 - Ric Anderson: Dakin, a former marketing and product development executive based in Washington, D.C., thinks he's found a way to break politicians' addiction to robocalls. The tool is the National Political Do Not Contact registry, which Dakin launched in late October as part of his... Topeka Capital Journal more
Jan 4, 2008 TV Segment - How to Stop Political Robo Calls 1.04.2008 - Detroit, MI - ABC Channel 7 News. Note: This was a video segment that is no longer available online. WXYZ - Channel 7 ABC more
Dec 26, 2007 Putting politicians on hold 12/26/2007 Austin (Video) - Shaun Dakin agrees and thinks millions of Americans do, too. That's why with the 2008 campaigns heating up, he's come up with a grassroots idea to put an end to the practice. It's called StopPoliticalCalls.org. To become one of those "people" just go to the Web site... KEYE TV (Austin) CBS more
Dec 25, 2007 Political Candidates Exempt From Do Not Call List 12/25/2007 Boston (Video) - There's a grassroots movement to include politicians on the registry called StopPoliticalCalls.org. "We're asking for politicians to take a pledge and agree not to call people," said the movement's organizer Shaun Dakin. WBZ TV Boston (CBS) more
Dec 18, 2007 Group launches voluntary effort to curtail political calls By Scott Nicholson Boone, NC - Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of StopPoliticalCalls.org, launched a campaign in October to create a voluntary registry in hopes that politicians would eventually be forced by the weight of public opinion to either enact the legislation or else risk the wrath of... Watauga Democrat more
Dec 14, 2007 Election lovers and haters: How they opt in, opt out of the political process By Lauren FitzPatrick - GateHouse News Service Fri Dec 14, 2007 - A National Political Do Not Call Registry started this fall by a politically interested former marketer seeks to save the sanctity of dinnertime when robocalls ring voters’ telephones. Shaun Dakin, who runs the opt-out Web... Gatehouse Media more
Dec 13, 2007 A Campaign Against Political Phone Calls New Hampshire - Jim Fennell: Dakin is hoping to force politicians to stop barraging potential voters with pre-recorded messages. NOTE: This article is not available on-line. Union Leader (NH) more...
Dec 13, 2007 Don't Phone Home By D. Brian Burghart - Shaun Dakin is CEO and Founder of StopPoliticalCalls.org. He hopes to pick up where the National Do Not Call Registry lets off by registering people who don’t want to be bothered by politicians wheedling votes or just patting themselves on the back at taxpayers’... Reno News & Review more
Dec 13, 2007 Campaign reform at home, for under a buck and a quarter By Gina Kim - "This is about putting control back into the voters' hands," says Shaun Dakin, founder of www.stoppoliticalcalls.org, which launched in October. "If the voter likes that stuff, that's fine. But it's giving voters a choice." Anyone can place one phone number on the list free of... Sacremento Bee (CA) more
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Dec 12, 2007 Do Not Call List (for officeseekers) Sioux City, Iowa - Dakin heads the Citizens for Civil Discourse group, and he’s asking all the candidates, their surrogates and political parties to take the Do Not Contact Pledge. In the pledge, candidates would agree not to contact voters unless they specifically ask to be contacted and then... Sioux City Journal more
Dec 11, 2007 Voters can stop unwanted political phone calls Madison, Iowa - The Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary are only weeks away and yet political phone calls are already invading voters' homes. In fact, The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 81 percent of Iowa caucus voters received automated (or “robo”) calls... Daily Democrat more
Dec 11, 2007 Hey Gavin, stop calling me! San Francisco - That's why the nonprofit group Citizens for Civil Discourse have created the National Political Do Not Call Registry, which is signing up people who don't want political calls and working with candidates and political parties to respect their wishes. San Francisco Bay Guardian more
Dec 11, 2007 Site Offers To Block Campaign Robocalls OMAHA, Neb. -- A non-profit group said it is trying to reduce the number of automated phone calls campaigns make to voters. ABC (KETV) Television more
Dec 11, 2007 About those political phone calls... Greenville, SC - Just when we've gotten used to dinner as a telemarketing call-free zone, politicians have discovered a large, capitive audience to pester with robo calls. Greenville News (SC) more
Dec 4, 2007 XM Radio 130 P.O.T.U.S '08 Interview Shaun Dakin of Citizens for Civil Discourse and the Political Do Not Contact Registry was interviewed live on XM radio's 24/7 Election '08 station. Audio is NOT available at this time. XM Radio more
Dec 3, 2007 New Web Site Hopes to Plug a 'Do Not Call' Loophole for Politicians by KYW's John Ostapkovich -- One of the most annoying things about any election cycle is the phone calls, often automated, from politicians who don't have to abide by "Do Not Call" lists. Now, there's an effort to persuade them to do so. Shaun Dakin founded stoppoliticalcalls.org this... KYW Newsradio CBS more
Nov 28, 2007 Despite 'do not call' status, political calls keep coming Here's a solution: The National Political Do Not Contact Registry. It's a nonprofit, non-partisan organization set up to stop or control political phone calls. A membership that blocks all political calls is free. Otherwise, for $1.24 a year, you can get a membership that allows you to... Miami Herald more
Nov 27, 2007 Candidates' robo-calls could backfire At least when commercial telemarketers call, you can order them never to call again and get them fined if they do. Not so with political robo-calls, those prerecorded messages from politicians asking you to vote for them or a candidate they endorse. USA Today more
Nov 27, 2007 Pols: Don't phone home It's a dilemma that political candidates and parties face every year, no matter how big or small the election: How do I best "touch" my voters? A blog from USA Today about the use of direct mail, robo calls and other campaign outreach tactics might provide some answers. The bottom line,... Staten Island Advance more
Nov 23, 2007 Stop political calls from annoying you Friday, November 23, 2007, 12:12 AMBy Jackie Johnson With another push in our state to outlaw robocalls, one group has a better solution. Millions of Americans have registered their phone numbers with the National Do Not Call registry, but many of them don't realize that political calls are... Wisconsin Radio Network more
Nov 9, 2007 No call won't keep the pols from calling Michael D. Sorkin - Yet another major loophole is politicians. Political speech is constitutionally protected. But critics want automated calls regulated, including those from candidates. So far, the Legislature isn't obliging. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH more
Nov 9, 2007 New Political Do-Not-Call Registry Rankles Some Phone Consultants Shaun Dakin said he started to become fed up with hearing political calls and the people angry about them while he was volunteering last year on Sen. Jim Webb’s campaign in Virginia. Dakin, a former marketing executive and volunteer for John Kerry and Michael Dukakis, is now doing something... Campaigns & Elections Magazine more
Nov 3, 2007 Campaign begins to block calls from political groups Dakin has launched the first campaign for a National Political Do Not Contact Registry, inviting voters to register for free at www.StopPoliticalCalls.org to stop calls from candidates and campaigns. Sun Sentinel more
Nov 1, 2007 Politicians, please don't call (Video) Danielle Lerner Nov 01, 2007 WASHINGTON -- No one likes telemarketing phone calls. In fact, there are more than 150,000 phone numbers registered on the National Do Not Call List. But come election time phones around the country will start ringing with marketing calls of a political kind. A new... Medill News Service more
Oct 30, 2007 CNN - Abbi Tatton of the Situation Room Abbi Tatton, CNN's Washington based Internet reporter did a segment on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. The segment was very positive. **NOTE: This segment is NOT online to view at this time.** CNN more
Oct 29, 2007 Group Launches Political Do Not Call List October 29, 2007 - The election season is heating up, and that means more calls from politicians asking for votes and contributions. But one former campaign volunteer is trying to curb those calls. Shaun Dakin used to make political calls. Now he's trying to stop them. Dakin is president of the... WAMU 88.5 (NPR) more
Oct 26, 2007 Stop Political Phone Calls It's fall election season.... and that means its also fall phone call season. And even if your on the Do-Not-Call list, you can't stop those candidates and their aids from calling. Or can you? The Republicans do it.... The democrats do it. They contact us every election season. A woman I... WCPO ABC News Channel 9 more
Oct 26, 2007 Nonprofit starts ‘Do Not Call’ list for political campaigns Election season is just around the corner, and so is the inevitable deluge of phone calls from political candidates. But one Washington nonprofit is starting a political do-not-contact list to try to prevent campaigns and political interest groups from disturbing dinnertime. While political... DC Examiner more
Oct 26, 2007 'Do not call' list targets 'robo' political phoning Those of you who love having dinner interrupted by a prerecorded message from a political candidate may stop reading now. The rest may want to hear about Shaun Dakin, a Virginian who has founded a new "Do Not Contact" registry that he hopes will end unsolicited "robo" calls from campaigns. The Post and Courier more
Oct 26, 2007 If you like political calls at home during dinner, skip this item You say you're lonely. You check your e-mail several times a day and actually read the spam. Same for your voicemail, even the phone calls from robot computers about discount mortgages or construction firms that will be in your neighborhood next week and thought you might like to remodel your... LA Times more
Oct 25, 2007 Sick of calls from pols? Hope is on the horizon. A voter fed up with automated political calls has launched the national political do-not-contact registry - and is asking politicians to sign a pledge honoring participants' wishes. "I started the registry to improve the quality of life for the average American... New York Daily News more
Oct 22, 2007 Direct Magazine - Political Suppression Op-Ed by Richard H. Levey, Sr. Writer for Direct Magazine, one of the leading publications in the Direct Marketing category. Mr. Levey says, "He may hold an MBA, rather than an MD, but Shaun Dakin wants to give politicians a taste of their own medicine." Direct Magazine more
Aug 30, 2007 National Political Do Not Contact Registry News Clip - WCPO ABC News Channel 9 Don't Waste Your Money, John Matarese, ABC News Channel 9 WCPO video segment. WCPO ABC News Channel 9 more
Aug 9, 2007 Not All Calls Are Created Equal Many people who register with do-not-call lists to block telemarketing calls are surprised to learn that charities, survey takers and politicians can continue to disturb them. Those groups, and several others, won exemptions under state and federal laws because they technically aren't calling... Pittsburg Post Gazette more
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