[ExpatCanuck]

Thanks for the info - I just find it hard to believe that I need to pay $5,000 for the mailing addresses of people in a specific area. You would think that this would be public information to facilitate the 'democratic process'.

Anyone else out there with more info?

[John Jorsett]

From my county's registrar you can get a database of voters and their addresses for a particular congressional district for (last time I checked) under $1K. I wouldn't bother with a general mailing list; you don't care about anyone who isn't a registered voter anyway.

You'll still need someone with computer skills to turn it into mailing labels, or perhaps there are services out there (I always used to do it myself).

[John Jorsett]

I should add that my registrar will put the list on CD in a form readable by Microsoft Access. I imagine other registrars will do the same. Also, contact your local Republican Party organization. They must have that data already, and if you tell them you want to do your own mailing against Murtha, they might give you a free copy.

[IPWGOP]

I just find it hard to believe that I need to pay $5,000 for the mailing addresses of people in a specific area. You would think that this would be public information to facilitate the 'democratic process'.

Nope. Probably because it would be abused by every spammer in the country to snail-mail their scams. And that would put the provider of the addresses at complete risk of being sued into oblivion.

List providers charge $$ for addresses because it takes tons of time and effort to compile them and further sort them demographically, geographically, and set them up into useable data, etc.

[holyscroller]

You shouldn't have to pay for registered voter lists. The Republican Party already has them and can print them out on labels for you. Let THEM do a little something to beat this worthless waste of human skin.