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Today’s question:
QUESTION: Should it be illegal for politicians and political campaigns to send unsolicited text messages to voters?
Talk about it.
Illegal…I’m Simonpure and I approve this message.
Absolutely.
Broadcast media ads, mail, billboards, random signs, unsolicited landline calls, there needs to be some privacy somewhere.
Leave cell phones alone.
Well I don’t have a cell phone, but I wouldn’t want unsolicited text messages from them.
Yes
Yes More laws always fix a problem.
NO That is one reason why I do not give my cell phone number to anyone but friends and family. I stopped doing this over a decade ago when a doctor’s office robocalled me about an appointment reminder. They did not even try my home number with an answering machine. Every company asks for it, web sites and even telemarketers ask if there is an alternate number.
I get very few telemarketing calls on my call also.
No, not illegal. But I do block the number and and delete the conversation regardless who from.
Yes, and robocalls also.
Just tax them. Maybe $20 per unsolicited message.
I love this except they should send ME $20 per unsolicited message.
It’s rare that I give my cell # to anyone outside of family. It’s also kind of rare for me to even turn it on. Anyone who isn’t in my list of cell #s gets deleted or blocked. So it’s almost rare for me to get unsolicited/unknown calls or texts.
No, they should not add texting to their avalanche of ads.
YES.
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Yes, but the text messages didn’t bother me as bad as a Bernie advocate showing up at my door on Sunday afternoon! If I want to learn and support any candidate, I would reach out. Unsolicited everything should be illegal!
I only want political ads if they come from the Russians. Everyone else lies.
NO.
We should be paid dividends for each and every solicitation, regardless. Rack ’em up.!!! Plus fees plus wages for lost time plus tuition plus plus plus.plus plus.
Any Questions ??
Yes. My text messages cost extra and I especially don’t want unsolicited ones from politicians.
I don’t get any, but I don’t want any calls or texts.
So interesting that we are taxed every which way to Sunday and back but we the lowly over taxed citizenry never seem to have any recourse.
Start to push back hard-like we did for measure J and Prop 13. Keep sending the message “we are tired of being pushed around with no representation”.
Only friends and close relatives have my cell number. Everything else goes to the landline, hence to the machine. Same idea for email, one private address, one for business, and one directly to the junk file. Also, WAVE does a good job of filtering out junk email.