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:
StopPoliticalCalls.org is keeping a database of all robo calls that are made in the 2008 election cycle. Since we are non-partisan, we have all calls made from all sides.
Here are two examples from members in the past two weeks right here in Northern Virginia. One is Progressive and one is from the VA GOP.
Working Families Win Robo call against Frank Wolf
VA GOP robo call
What you can do:
- Record the robo call.
- Send the file or link to the file to me at info AT citizensforcivildiscourse DOT org with the subject: "Robocall Recording: Date, Name of Candidate"
How:
- If you have a VOIP service like Vonage, it is easy since the system creates files you can email quickly.
- If you have an old fashioned answer phone simply get out your "camcorder", video tape the answer phone with the volume on, and upload the recording to YouTube. Here is an example:
Thanks,
Shaun Dakin
CEO
StopPoliticalCalls.org