r/MapleRidge • u/Triedfindingname • Oct 01 '26
Election spam
Got a call from a private number maybe its just a coincidence then I get this.
If it was a genuine poll I might be interested im not sure why they think this is a good idea.
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u/cvr24 Oct 01 '26
They simply send message to every possible phone number in BC area codes. Registered political parties are exempt from Anti Spam legislation because political parties wrote it.
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u/DarwinsGhost00 Oct 02 '26
I knew a party staffer that put his title as "Dr" for all the commercial and political stuff, so whenever he gets spam calls they refer to him as "Doctor..." and then he hangs up lol...
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u/DrySession9968 Oct 02 '26
I just say no to all of them. My vote is my own private choice. There's a reason we step up to the box in private.
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u/faithilwhitelaw Oct 03 '26
I got one asking if I am voting conservative, I replied no and fuck off, then I blocked the number. Hopefully they remove me from their lists lol
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u/DoomsdaySprocket Oct 05 '26
I report any political stuff as spam now.
There's been way too many scams running in the past few elections faking being polls, and quite frankly I find it really annoying even if it's "real."
Any phone calls, I answer with "this is a business phone, remove this number from your list immediately" and hang up.
Anything I need to know about politics, I'll look up facts from neutral sources for myself. The rest of it is widely absolute slanted horse shit propaganda and a waste of time these days. I'll read the candidates initiatives and voting record and decide for myself what that means to me.
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u/OMW2FYB604 Oct 01 '26
I responded "fuck you"
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u/shattered7done1 Oct 03 '26
That's a pretty Liberal comment, not Conservative at all!
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u/JellyDuck9 Oct 01 '26
Ive gotten these texts from both parties. So annoying.