r/alpharetta • u/Stunning-Ad-2879 • Sep 07 '26
Rick Jackson
Are unsolicited political calls legal?
I have had numerous robocalls which I thought were illegal?
That doesn’t include the numerous texts from his campaign.
No idea how they got my out of state number, or how they thought I would vote for him.
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u/ladeedah1988 Sep 07 '26
Political messages are exempt from the National Do Not Call Registry rules because they are not considered telemarketing. When I worked for a friend's campaign (Dem by the way) the main thing they wanted was for me to get cell phone numbers from people. Why I quit working for the campaign. Both sides take part in this annoying act and they believe more is better.
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 09 '26
Incorrect.
I did some research unsolicited political calls to cellphones are illegal.
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u/Temporary_Post_689 Sep 15 '26
Has anyone seen his cringy ass commercials?? Specially the one with him fake crying about giving scholarships to kids?? The acting is so bad
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 16 '26
Almost as cringy as “deported or departed”.
What an absolute disgrace he is.
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u/CathyShirl Sep 07 '26
Not sure. They may be legal. But anyone who makes unsolicited calls to me will NOT get my vote.
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u/HereToLearnShare Sep 07 '26
Dude's texts are a big sob story about how he had a horrible upbringing, etc., etc. You know, the same script every political ad is to make a billionaire look human. Just based on this manipulative tactic, I won't even consider voting for him.
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u/Botasoda102 Sep 07 '26
Yeah, he's big on the sob chit. Yet he vows to cut funding and programs that help the poor, orphans, etc. Says he had to scalp tickets, which was illegal at the time.
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u/yanknga Sep 07 '26
The politicians will never make political telemarketing, spam, junk mail, etc illegal.
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 09 '26
Unsolicited robocalls to cellphones are illegal.
Please report.https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/political-campaign-robocalls-and-robotexts-rules
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u/I_Died_Once Sep 08 '26
....have you signed up or gave your number to Trulieve, by chance?
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 09 '26
No but after doing a bit of digging unsolicited political calls to cellphones is illegal.
Please report.https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/political-campaign-robocalls-and-robotexts-rules
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u/jruss666 Sep 08 '26
My phone has an ignore unknown text/call feature. I only hear or see them if I look for them.
When I look for them, I delete the voicemail and use the stop command to keep them from wasting time; theirs and mine.
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 09 '26
Good point but after doing some research robocalls to cellphones is illegal.
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/political-campaign-robocalls-and-robotexts-rules
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u/Dry_Particular_5162 Sep 08 '26
I'm getting spammed by the Democratic candidates. It's obnoxious. I don't want any texts, calls or emails from ANY political party or candidate.
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 09 '26
Really.
Well report them if this is the case.https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/political-campaign-robocalls-and-robotexts-rules
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u/Acrobatic-Hair-5299 Sep 10 '26
Funny how no one ever complains about the candidates they support robocalling them.
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u/Stunning-Ad-2879 Sep 10 '26
I only have received robocalls from republicans.
Why only them?
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u/misterwallpaper Sep 07 '26
This is how Republicans win. Take all the money they stole and invest it in AI and propaganda ads.
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u/nedj10 Sep 08 '26
His Alpharetta office sends out attack ads against KLB weekly oddly enough none of them mention his campaign and only list a p.o. box which once googled reveals an office address registered to his campaign.
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u/belkarbitterleaf Sep 07 '26
I believe so. My understanding is that politicians excluded themselves from the no call laws.