StopPoliticalCalls.org in the News
(Video) Robocalls help politicians get out their messageNot 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. "This is yet another law that politicians have written for everyone else and have exempted themselves from the law," said Dakin. Dakin points to a study done at Yale that claimed robocalls were ineffective. Asnani disputes that, saying in some cases the last name a person hears may be the candidate that gets the vote. : : 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 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 organization located in Washington, DC. We receive no funding from outside organizations. Funding comes directly from contributions of individual voters. That means you can be assured that we are independent and free from any political influence.
- Advocacy: We advocate
for you, the voter. We make sure that politicians understand that
Political Automated Robocalls simply don't work. We ask that
politicians stop calling you and all voters. Our core belief is
that
the market will work, eventually. That is, politicians will realize
that it is no longer in their self interest to robocall you, the
voter. They have every incentive to stay in office. Calling you 15
times a day will not earn them your vote.
- 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.
- Education: We work
with candidates and advocacy groups 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.
- Seminars: We run Privacy Seminars in which we work with privacy advocates around the nation to educate the public about the impact of commercial and government entities on the privacy of you, the voter.
- Legislation: From time to time we assist legislators in their desire to implement new laws around this issue. For example, In 2008 we worked with Sen. Feinstein to help introduce the Robocall Privacy Act. At the state level we work with State's Attorney General to enforce existing robocall regulations (for example: IN, MN and NC)
Shaun Dakin
CEO and Founder
If you would like to call me please do so:
Press Releases Section
Tim Sultan (AZ-28) Pledges Not to Robocall Voters
Tim Sultan (AZ-28) has become the second Politician in Arizona to join with the National Political Do Not Contact Registry and take the "Do Not Robocall" pledge. This means that voters from AZ-28 should expect their phones to be quiet - at least from robocalls from Tim Sultan. The first politician to pledge was AZ US Senate candidate, John Douhgerty.
Press Release · Jul 13, 2010
GA Congressional Candidate Agrees Not To Call Voters On The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
Jody Hice (GA-7) is the only candidate running for office in the State of GA that has agreed to honor the National Political Do Not Contact Registry. This means that voters from GA-7 who have registered their phone number at StopPoliticalCalls.org should expect their phones to be quiet - at least from robocalls from Jody Hice.
Press Release · Jul 1, 2010
US Senate Candidate (D-AZ) Dougherty denounces use of campaign Robocalls
PHOENIX (June 30) -- John Dougherty, Arizona Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is speaking out against “robocalls.” The automated phone calls that use computerized auto-dialers to deliver pre-recorded marketing messages are widely considered a nuisance.
Dougherty is the first candidate in Arizona to publicly pledge not to use the technology, according to the National Political Do Not Call Registry, a group that backs ending political robocalls.
Press Release · Jun 30, 2010
UPDATED: Tamara Davis Brown Takes “Do Not Robo Call” Pledge
Tamara Davis Brown, a candidate for Prince George’s County Council in District 9, today announced her pledge not to conduct “robo calls” to voters in her district. She is one of many candidates that has taken the pledge since the non-profit Citizens for Civil Discourse launched the National Political Do Not Contact Registry.
Press Release · Jun 10, 2010