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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." : : MORE
Stop Political Robocalls
Political Robocalls are exempt from the Federal Do Not Call Registry. In fact, all political calls are exempt.
Now, for the first time and for the cost of coffee at Starbucks you can register your phone number with the non-profit non-partisan National Political Do Not Contact Registry (NPDNC) so we can add you to the Political Do Not Call list. Learn more.
What We Will Do For You:
As a Non-Profit Voter Advocacy Organization we will:
- Securely collect your
contact
information.
- Send your contact information to ALL political parties, candidates, political action committees, and any other organization that makes political robo calls and ensure that they are told that you no longer want robo calls from them.
As seen on ABC News, CNN, USA Today, the LA Times, the New York Daily News and on NPR , The National Political Do Not Contact Registry is fighting for you, the American voter.
What is the NPDNC
Registry and what do we do for you?
- Who: We are a non-profit, non-partisan membership
organization located in Washington, DC. We receive no funding from
outside organizations. Funding comes directly from the voter.
That means you can be assured that we are independent and free from political
influence.
- Action: We distribute
our National Political Do Not
Contact Registry database to politicians, political action committees, advocacy
organizations and many other exempt groups and ask that they not call
those voters that have
registered.
- Advocacy: We are a non
profit, non partisan
Citizen Driven Movement advocating for a very simple change to a
regulation: to add political robocalls to the
Federal Do Not Call Registry. Political calls are exempt from all
regulation at this time.
- Legislation:
In 2008 we worked closely with Sen. Feinstein to help introduce the Robocall
Privacy Act of 2008. In 2009 and beyond we are encouraging Congress to
introduce similar legislation and are working at the State level as
well.
- Education: We work with candidates and
advocacy grouops to educate them
on the effectiveness (lack of) of political robo calls and encourage
them to use alternate channels to communicate with voters. Here is a link to
data about this issue.
- Research We work with all interested groups (media, non-profits, others) to provide data, research and education on how robo calls impact voter's lives.
Shaun Dakin
CEO and Founder
News Articles Section
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 the recent uproar over the millions of bogus car-warrantee robocalls that initiated a Federal Trade Commission crackdown.
News Item · Politics Magazine · Jun 20, 2009

