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ericbarrett • today at 8:45 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Did you ever provide your phone number at voter registration? I made this mistake once and got added to dozens of text lists, Democratic and Republican. Never had a problem from the usual leaks.


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LooseMarmoset • today at 8:54 PM

I have never provided my phone number at voter registration. In any case, all the texts to me are marked with "Hello Louella". I have also been "Brenda".

I am not a Louella or a Brenda, more of a "Joe" or "Frank".

I am quite sure that ActBlue just creates a list of names, then create a wardial list and assign those names to a number.

Asking them to stop just confirms your number to work. And yes, it's ActBlue because they have specifically identified themselves as such more than once.

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esikich • today at 8:47 PM

Yes and those are really the only texts I get, as a matter of fact. Various polls.