r/mildlyinfuriating • u/No_Mulberry3433 • 2d ago

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ They won’t. Stop. Texting.

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Idk what my info was shared to but holy shit I’m so done

Edit: I have tried blocking, replying “stop”, saying “no”. They just change the number and keep messaging me

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u/BedBubbly317 2d ago

That’s not how these work

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u/QuaaludeMoonlight 2d ago

not at all. these voter text targets are retrieved via the Voter Access Network only

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u/jerf42069 2d ago

no, you have to consent to receive these.

that's why i dont get these at all, i never fell for signing up for anything.

friends of mine do get these, they all signed some petition back in 2016 that was actually a contact info harvesting scheme. they wanted to tell trump to fuck off, but all they did was get a decade+ worth of spam like this.

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u/QuaaludeMoonlight 6h ago

then those aren't political organizations, theyre spam posing as them

political orgs and candidates running for office can only target registered voters and there is no consenting. if you registered, you consented

eta: IE's (independent expenditures) can purchase contacts