http://stoppoliticalcalls.org StopPoliticalCalls.org Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:52 CDT en-us http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319847 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319847 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Washington Post 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. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319848 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319848 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST 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. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319849 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319849 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST "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 up phone lines. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319850 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/319850 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST 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. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/316408 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/316408 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 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. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315960 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315960 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 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 function undertaken by an ostensibly pro-Hillary group -- not counting the occasional fundraising email from a Clinton ally asking for money to help her retire her 2008 campaign debt. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315962 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315962 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 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? http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315959 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315959 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 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, reported receiving one of the calls to his home in Maryland, as did others in that state. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315961 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315961 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST 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. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315965 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/315965 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "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 reports of Run Hillary calls from at least 6 people in New York, Ohio and North Carolina. "It was a bit strange," said Brooklyn Democrat Cooper Miller, who received a call around 2 p.m. Monday.... http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/313147 http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/313147 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST So why do politicians do them? Because they can and because consultants like Julius Henson make money selling them.