Timeline for answer to A political campaign texted me after I sent them a STOP message, does this violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? by Dale M
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| 13 hours ago | comment | added | Idran | @BenVoigt Those texting campaigns are generally semi-automated, and responses generally don't get relayed or recorded, there's just someone sitting on the other end for the first hour or so that may or may not respond directly to questions, marks if someone was interested or not interested, and for a campaign that does follow TCPA, marks "remove from list" when someone indicates as such. Sending any reply in a text almost certainly won't have any impact on the campaign's operations, it'd be better and more likely to make an impact if you reach out to the campaign directly. | |
| 14 hours ago | comment | added | Ben Voigt | Express that you will show your displeasure at the ballot box. "I vote against spammers" is more likely to make the messages cease than "STOP". | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Also, irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-types clearly shows political organizations in the category of "exempt organizations", along with charities, etc. Incidentally, charities have a similar rule that they're liable for income tax on their unrelated business income. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @phoog: But "exempt function income", if you look it up, covers practically all the income of a typical political campaign: all income from contributions, fundraisers, and sale of campaign materials, that is then set aside for the purposes of influencing a candidate's election. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | phoog | irs.gov/charities-non-profits/political-organizations/… "A political organization is subject to tax on its political organization taxable income. ... The political organization taxable income equals its gross income (excluding exempt function income) less deductions allowed by the Code that are directly connected with producing gross income." | |
| Mar 28 at 21:39 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |