RNC, McCain and Guiliani Make Illegal Robocalls in NJ (Audio)

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Sunday November 01, 2009 · 1:39 PM PST

2009/11/01 · 13:39

This was cross posted on my StopPoliticalCalls.org blog.

BREAKING - Audio of the RNC, McCain and Guiliani Making Illegal Robocalls in NJ.

This just in tonight. With the New Jersey Governor's race only a few days away the RNC is hitting voters hard in the state with illegal robocalls.

The law in New Jersey is clear, yet no politician is willing to enforce the law and few politicians actually abide by the law.

New Jersey’s toughest-in-the-nation anti-telemarketer law currently prohibits automated robocalls, yet provides exemptions if the message is introduced by an operator who first obtains the listener’s consent, or for "a prior or current relationship between the caller and the subscriber." The lawmakers noted that some political campaigns have interpreted the "prior relationship" exemption to include any registered voter. Removing the "prior relationship" language would effectively prevent a Democrat or Republican from receiving a robocall simply because they are a member of a political party.

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Do Robocalls Work?

51 votes Vote Now!

Do Robocalls Work?

Yes, I vote for whomever robocalls me the most!

6 votes

Yes, I work for a robocall company!

1 vote

No, I vote for whomever robocalls me the least!

8 votes

No freaking way!

36 votes

SC Sen Robocalls; Promises Legislation to Save Kids From Obama

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Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 6:45 PM PDT

2009/09/08 · 18:45

Cross posted at the StopPoliticalCalls.org Blog.

This reported Monday in South Carolina, reports that a GOP Senator (Senator David Thomas) from SC is robocalling his constituents promising to introduce legislation to prevent further efforts by the President to influence school kids.

This despite SC having a law that bans all robocalls, including political ones.

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Do robocalls work?

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Do robocalls work?

Yes

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22 votes

Who knows

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Who cares

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(Update) Tea Party RoboCall Audio

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Wednesday April 15, 2009 · 9:38 AM PDT

2009/04/15 · 09:38

For those of you interested, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry has obtained an audio file of the Tea Party Robocalls that have been blanketing the country for the past week or so.

UPDATE: Is this the guy behind the robocalls?

The National Political Do Not Contact Registry is a non-partisan organization which has as it's mission the ability for all voters, regardless of party affiliation, to opt out of the insidious and ever more prevalent political and advocacy Robocalls.

The Tea Party robocalls, unfortunately, are simply an example of how groups, from all political persuasions, are turning to using robo calls to attempt to get the word out.

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Should voters have the opportunity to opt out of robo calls?

57 votes Vote Now!

Should voters have the opportunity to opt out of robo calls?

Yes

55 votes

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Who cares!

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The Worst And Weirdest Robocalls of 2008

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Friday January 02, 2009 · 12:56 PM PST

2009/01/02 · 12:56

Hi everyone.

I run the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, where we advocate for voter privacy rights and the addition of Political calls to the Do Not Call Registry run by the Federal Government.

We are non-partisan and non-Profit.

This year we had the people's choice award for the Worst and Weirdest Robocall of the election cycle.

If you are interested, our full list can be found at our blog. The winners are in the full diary entry.

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Do you think Robocalls should be added to the Do Not Call Registry?

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Do you think Robocalls should be added to the Do Not Call Registry?

Yes

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3 votes

Who Cares

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GOP Rev Wright TV Ad on CNN

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 3:45 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 15:45

Did anyone else see this?

I saw it today at 3 and 4 PM ET in Northern Virginia on CNN.

This is important because, according to the experts (I went to a Brookings event Friday) TV in the last days of an election maters a great deal.

Here is the video from the event with the speakers.

Here is the video.

shimane

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 2:12 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 14:12

All,

We have been breaking the robo call story day after day. Our members are tracking and reporting robo calls from both sides.

I've been working with Alan Gutierrez on creating the following Robo call Tracking Map from Twitter Users.

What: A Google Map to Track robo calls from Twitter Users.

Learn More at the following link.

Thanks,

Shaun Dakin
CEO
StopPoliticalCalls.org

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Robo Calls

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Robo Calls

Work

3 votes

Don't Work

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Hate Them

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Can't wait until Nov 5th

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A Simple Proposal - Let's Use Twitter To Track Robocalls In Real Time #Robos

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 1:18 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 13:18

Cross posted on my blog.

What / Background:

A proposal to use Twitter and #Hashtags to track and follow robo calls as they occur across the nation in real time. Using the following Hashtag = #Robos.

With the media's attention focused on recent McCain campaign robo calls, it is as good a time as ever to use Twitter to track these insidious form of Democracy that both sides employ during campaigns.

This idea started with Nancy Scola's (@NancyScola) post at Tech President about how to use Twitter to report election day voting problems. Her post is highly recommended reading on the concept.

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Will you do this?

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Will you do this?

Yes

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How

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Who cares

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Get A Robocall? Record it, Send It, Shame em

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 12:50 PM PDT

2008/10/06 · 12:50

The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a non partisan non profit group, is working to hold the spot light on political robocalls which are some of the most elusive of all campaign communications.

While all political robo calls exempt from the Federal Do Not Call Registry, they are required by law to do two things: 1) Identify who sponsored the call and 2) provide a number or address so that the voter can contact a campaign if they'd like to be removed from future calls or contact. (See Attorney General Jay Nixon's announcement of how he will be enforcing this requirement in Missouri).

We are calling on ALL voters to RECORD the robocalls that you receive and make sure that they are posted on the internet for the entire nation to listen to. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED:

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Have you received a robocall?

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Have you received a robocall?

Yes

5 votes

Yes, 100's !

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Robocalls?

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Hey Senator, Suspend This - SuspendThis.com!

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 7:31 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 19:31

Washington, DC - Shaun Dakin, CEO The National Political Do Not Contact Registry

Hi there!: Feel Free to tell Senator McCain and Senator Obama what else they should suspend starting today at StopPoliticalCalls.org. We have a special survey for you!.

This week, as Senator McCain suspends his campaign for the presidency of the United States of America, we, the members of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry respectfully call on both Senator McCain and Senator Obama to do the unthinkable:

Suspend your robo call activities. Please.

And, while you are at it, ask your people to do the same. You know, your people.

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What else will McCain Suspend?

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What else will McCain Suspend?

His negative ads?

1 vote

His belief in Palin as being ready to be President?

13 votes

Nothing

7 votes

Who cares

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McCain "Invented The Do Not Call Registry"

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 9:24 AM PDT

2008/09/17 · 09:24

Cross posted at my blog.

With all the talk of McCain "inventing" the Blackberry, I thought it would e fun to talk about something else that he says he "invented": The Do Not Call Registry

Good thing for millions of voters that McCain invented the Federal Do Not Call Registry! That means his campaign will agree not to call those voters on the Registry, right? I doubt it. But we'll see. Pigs do fly.

Could this become Gore's "I invented the Internet"! gaff of the 2008 election (btw, Gore never really said that, but who cares, that is what the media narrative said he said in the 2000 election, so IT MUST BE TRUE !) More than likely, this will fit into the "McCain can't use a computer or email or the internet" narrative.

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What else did McCain invent?

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What else did McCain invent?

Sliced Bread

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Electricity

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The Internet, jointly with Al Gore

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Sarah Palin

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The PC

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The iPod

1 vote

All of the above

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Robocall Recording Army Needed

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 8:28 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 08:28

I run the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, a non-partisan non-profit that is dedicated to giving the voter the right to opt out of unwanted political robo calls and other communication.

I testified at the U.S. Senate for Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) and her Robocall Privacy Act and we work every day to advocate for the over 90 million voters that get unwanted robo calls each election cycle.

We have come close to shutting down robos in CA by demanding that the CA Public Utilities Commission enforce an existing robo call ban. 30 million CA residents may have a much quieter election this Fall.

I'm asking that you join us by recording the robo calls you get and alerting my org so that we can create a database of these insidious calls.

More about What you can do......

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I'd love to help reduce unwanted robo calls

16 votes Vote Now!

I'd love to help reduce unwanted robo calls

Yes!

14 votes

No!

0 votes

Perhaps

2 votes

McCain "Invented The Do Not Call Registry"

shimane

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 1:09 PM PDT

2008/08/18 · 13:09

Cross posted at my blog.

OK. The summer vacation is coming to an end. The endless campaign of tit for tat is, hopefully, sinking under its own weight of nothingness. The conventions (which will be full of nothing but hot air) are coming up and then the general election will get going in earnest. And that is when the calling is going to start, and not stop until election day.

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Will McCain Stop Robo Calls This Fall?

30 votes Vote Now!

Will McCain Stop Robo Calls This Fall?

Yeap!

1 vote

Nope!

26 votes

Who Cares!

3 votes

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