Are Political Autodialer Calls to Cell Phones Legal?
Last year during the 2006 election season, I got roughly a dozen autodialer calls, urging me to vote for my favorite democratic candidate. I'm slightly annoyed by these, for the following reasons:
- All of these candidates are running for election in Memphis, TN. I don't live in Memphis. I haven't lived in Memphis in three years.
- Campaign staffers aren't able to take me off of the dialer lists.
- The dialers are calling my cell phone, using up minutes.
I tried calling the TN election commission, and was lost in bureaucracy. I tried calling various campaigns, and encountered clueless campaign staffers and volunteers. I even spent hours scouring TCA last year to understand whether it was legal. Anyone have any ideas?
I fear that the autodialers are starting again... anyone else have these problems?
Labels: autodialer, autodialers, cell phones, political dialers
posted by Mike Hollinger at
4:11 PM
1 Comments:
I'm glad I haven't gotten any of those... There was a slashdot article about this last year. It looks like autodialer calls are legal (if they provide the name and number of the organization they're calling from) but I'm not sure about cell phones. Telemarketers can't use auto-dialers for cell phones, but I think for political ones it's up to the states.
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Brian, at 3:35 PM, September 15, 2007
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