My post about the Just Go Vote Foundation has generated several comments. I don't like phone calls like this because I resent the intrusion but I almost feel bad about complaining about my one call since some people reported receiving several of them.
According to the National Do Not Call Registry site, its purpose is to give " you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home." From their FAQ:
Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most telemarketing calls, but not all. Because of limitations in the jurisdiction of the FTC and FCC, calls from or on behalf of political organizations, charities, and telephone surveyors would still be permitted, as would calls from companies with which you have an existing business relationship, or those to whom you've provided express agreement in writing to receive their calls.
While I'm not surprised that the politicians who drafted the Telemarketing Act did not ban calls from political organizations, I think they should have required these calls to follow the same guidelines as telemarketers: call only between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (recipient's local time) and allow their phone number and name to be displayed on caller I.D.
I think the phone message for political calls should include whether or not they are affiliated with or support/are supported by any particular party and provide contact information for those of us who would like to be removed from their call list.
It bothers me that I can't find any information about the Just Go Vote Foundation. Encouraging people to vote is a good thing but their methods and the tone of their messages are questionable...enough so that it makes me wonder what their true motive is.
On a lighter note, click on "continue reading"...
It was made worse by the call coming from a caller-bot. Otherwise I could have tried some of the 10 fun comebacks for your telemarketer. Or the 20 more ways here.
Someone has thought of a way to make telemarketing work to our advantage.
Posted by marybeth at July 18, 2004 02:13 AM Other Stuff , PoliticsI received 5 calls, with in the time span of 1533 and 1604 on July 18, 2004. I am a nurse, and I work nights at a hospital, so these calls woke me up from my day of sleep before working a 12 hour shift, if you find any information about this organization, please forward it to me, as I would like to lodge a complaint. And I advise Molly Jones to only buy products made in USA, if she wants there to be jobs for her children when they grow up. Sincerely, Maija
Posted by Maija at July 18, 2004 05:20 PMThe phone has rang 4 times in the hour that I have been home, It's Sunday afternoon and I do not appreciate it. These idiots are really upsetting me. I suggest we get THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER and have a week where we devote our auto dialers to calling them and telling anyone we can get ahold of how much we dislike receiving their annoying calls! Pick a day, give me the phone number and count me in!
Posted by Mike at July 18, 2004 05:42 PMI have received 5 phone calls today from Just Go Vote Foundation- I think there needs to be a do not call list for political campaigns. I am getting sick of the calls I am about to unregister and quite voting.
Posted by Kathy at July 18, 2004 05:52 PMLooks like I'm in good comany as I recieved five phone calls from Molly too, over the span of an hour. Unlike Maija, it didn't interrupt my sleep as I was on a hike with my church at the time. So they were quickly deleted from my voicemail. If I had any left leaning vote intentions, Molly would have taken care of them very quickly today. I think I'm going to call my senator's office (Daschle, sorry about him, but in all the time he has been in office, I've never voted for him) and lodge a complaint. I'm sure the calls were to help support him. But I'm also sure his office will say it wasn't them and there isn't anything they can do about it.
Posted by Greg at July 18, 2004 11:18 PM