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Jan 20, 2012 On campaign calls: How about respecting voters’ right to privacy? It is time for political parties to start respecting voter privacy and to allow voters to opt out of political communications that they don’t want. Washington Post more...
Jan 18, 2012 Mitt Romney Drowns Out South Carolina Competition With Robocall Campaign WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is running a drown-out robocall campaign in South Carolina in hopes of closing out the Republican primary in the Palmetto State. Huffington Post more...
Jan 18, 2012 Automated calls flood SC ahead of GOP primary "All the evidence shows they don't work at all," said Shaun Dakin, founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry. He says some people refuse to vote for candidates who use automated telephone pitches and says he's been hearing plenty of complaints about Romney, in particular, burning... AP more...
Jan 17, 2012 Voters awash in robocalls Script-reading people you’ve never heard of, and some you have, are glutting residential voicemail with a wash of late-stage pleas, attacks and counterpunches on behalf of presidential candidates who are racing to tilt undecided South Carolina voters in their favor. The Greenville News more...
Dec 30, 2011 How The National Political Do Not Contact Registry Defeated Congress, The Chamber of Commerce and the Debt Collection Industry An in-depth story on how the National Political Do Not Contact Registry (StopPoliticalCalls.org) helped lead a coalition that defeated Congress, The Chamber of Commerce and the Debt Collection Industry. PopVox more...
Dec 20, 2011 Hillary Clinton 2012 Robocalls Surface In Multiple Battleground States And yet, there are clearly some people not willing to let go. According to Shaun Dakin, an anti-robocall advocate, Run Hillary 2012 has now made calls in New York, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Colorado. It appears to be the first formal 2012 campaign... Huffington Post more...
Dec 20, 2011 Mystery calls again bring Hillary Clinton’s name into 2012 election conversation Forget the 3 a.m. call. What about that robo-call at 4 in the afternoon on the Monday before Christmas in Bethesda? And on Tuesday in Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and Michigan, Florida, New York and Arizona? Washington Post more...
Dec 19, 2011 Robocall Campaigns Dialing Up As Election Season Draws Near Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry and Reverse Robocall, says that people in North Carolina and New York have reported receiving the calls. It seems that they're going out to voters in Maryland too: Paul Glastris, Editor-in-Chief of Washington Monthly,... Tech President more...
Dec 19, 2011 Robocalling Hillary For some Hillary Clinton 2008 supporters, the dream is apparently still alive -- an anonymous group is making robocalls advocating for a Hillary presidential run next year. Politico more...
Dec 19, 2011 Group Sponsors Hillary Clinton For President Robo Calls “The Wall Street robber barons would be jailed, young people could afford college and find jobs and six million homeowners wouldn't face foreclosure,” the caller continues. “We need to change our course.” Shaun Dakin, founder of Stoppoliticalcalls.org, told the Daily News Monday he’s received... New York Daily News more...
Dec 1, 2011 The real shame of the Schurick trial: Robocalls never work So why do politicians do them? Because they can and because consultants like Julius Henson make money selling them. Baltimore Sun more...
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