Anonymous
Post 06/03/2022 15:35     Subject: DC election text messages
Anonymous wrote:Have gotten a ton of these messages, about half of which are addressed to someone else in a different ward, which doesn't inspire confidence in the candidates involved...


Gotten many many messages. I said I was undecided in the AG race and Schwalb personally called me and won me over. I was minutes away from voting for Bruce Spiva. This is the new way of canvassing and you can opt out on all of the messages - I think they are legally required to give you an opt out.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2022 15:29     Subject: DC election text messages
Have gotten a ton of these messages, about half of which are addressed to someone else in a different ward, which doesn't inspire confidence in the candidates involved...
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2022 11:21     Subject: DC election text messages
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I no longer live in DC and just started getting text messages from campaigns. I think I must have gotten one from every candidate. Never happened when I lived in DC. Is this a new thing? Did I somehow opt in to messages or are they just buying voter rolls?

I would presume that they have the voter registration file. If you respond ‘STOP’ then they should stop. But i am not sure how to get taken off the lists. You probably would need to contact one of the campaigns to understand how they got your number so that you can deal with the problem at the source.


If you're a Democrat, the DNC keeps the list of numbers. Campaigns can remove numbers, but sometimes they get added back into the list again because the DNC is constantly harvesting contact lists for this sort of thing.

So far, I have not received any texts, so I will count my blessings.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2022 06:44     Subject: DC election text messages
Anonymous wrote:I no longer live in DC and just started getting text messages from campaigns. I think I must have gotten one from every candidate. Never happened when I lived in DC. Is this a new thing? Did I somehow opt in to messages or are they just buying voter rolls?

I would presume that they have the voter registration file. If you respond ‘STOP’ then they should stop. But i am not sure how to get taken off the lists. You probably would need to contact one of the campaigns to understand how they got your number so that you can deal with the problem at the source.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 23:31     Subject: Re:DC election text messages
Been wondering the same thing- I have gotten a ton of them and don’t have a DC area code so clearly they got my name and number and associated it with DC somehow. I have found it very annoying
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2022 20:16     Subject: DC election text messages
I no longer live in DC and just started getting text messages from campaigns. I think I must have gotten one from every candidate. Never happened when I lived in DC. Is this a new thing? Did I somehow opt in to messages or are they just buying voter rolls?