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Campaign Text Came To My Phone From 2500 Miles Away
Multnomah County Democrats ^ | 29 Oct 2018 | George no last name

Posted on 10/29/2018 7:50:41 PM PDT by Steely Tom

Hi ****, I'm a volunteer with Multnomah County Democrats.

Your vote is vital to this election. If you want help, find our candidate and measure endorsements at multdemsvote.com

You can find the nearest ballot drop box at https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx

Please support our Democratic candidates.

Vote like your rights depend on it — Because They Do!

Thanks, *********


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cellphone; democrats; texting
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This just came to my phone from a number in the 480 area code, which is Arizona. Is anyone else getting messages like this?
1 posted on 10/29/2018 7:50:41 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom

Did they offer you a ride to the polls?


2 posted on 10/29/2018 7:52:29 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Steely Tom

Stranger still is Multnomah is Portland, OR


3 posted on 10/29/2018 7:53:59 PM PDT by Zathras
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I assume that’s what “if you want help” was about, at least in part.


4 posted on 10/29/2018 7:53:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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I got one urging me to vote for “Beto” in Texas - where I have not lived since 2002 - worse yet it came to my phone addressed to my ex (by name), from whom I’ve been divorced for over a decade and a half. They are trolling big time - and they need to be sued and made to stop. No one has the right to harrass us with political crap unless we have given them our phone number first.


5 posted on 10/29/2018 7:54:20 PM PDT by Simon Foxx
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Multnomah County is in OR, what state are you in?


6 posted on 10/29/2018 7:54:40 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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2500 miles is gonna take a lot of “walking around money”.


7 posted on 10/29/2018 7:54:56 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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Stranger still is Multnomah is Portland, OR

Arizona is probably the location of a call center, or some bulk texting outfit.

I searched the number and got nothing interesting.

8 posted on 10/29/2018 7:55:37 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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O’Rourke’s campaign is being sued over it. Some people still have plans with limited texts per month or even pay per text. unsolicited texts are not permitted. And repeated requests to “be removed” seem to be falling on deaf ears.


9 posted on 10/29/2018 7:56:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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Multnomah County is in OR, what state are you in?

New York. No Multnomah county here.

10 posted on 10/29/2018 7:56:50 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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I got one encouraging my deal parents to vote.


11 posted on 10/29/2018 7:57:08 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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I got a text from MoochSell Obama with a link. Rather than confirm I got it I erased the text . I felt violated! Violated I tell you!


12 posted on 10/29/2018 7:59:41 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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the dems have been bombing peoples cell phones with unwanted text messages this season..

it’s upset a lot of people.


13 posted on 10/29/2018 8:00:24 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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LOL. We’ve been getting them from FL for weeks. And notices about sending in our absentee ballots. From FL dem party and even one text from moveon org.


14 posted on 10/29/2018 8:00:52 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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There is a large Democrat “Opinion Management Firm” in Phoenix that gets paid to do that kind of “Outreach” and “Personal contact” stuff. I know a couple of nutjob liberals that work for them.
15 posted on 10/29/2018 8:02:06 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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LOL. We’ve been getting them from FL for weeks. And notices about sending in our absentee ballots. From FL dem party and even one text from moveon org.

Any with similar wording?

16 posted on 10/29/2018 8:02:45 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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I have been getting calls from out of state but they have been directed at campaigns in my area.


17 posted on 10/29/2018 8:13:47 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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got text messages for helping both Dems and Reps but from within my state. Plenty of out of state hang ups and a few partial voice messages from political crap robo calls various other state area codes all across US.


18 posted on 10/29/2018 8:17:38 PM PDT by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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They must have gotten the numbers of a lot of voters and are sending it out to everyone.

Just ignore it.


19 posted on 10/29/2018 8:19:36 PM PDT by Innovative
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Every carrier has a way to report text messages as SPAM.

For example, to report SPAM on T-Mobile, forward the offending text to 7726 (which spells SPAM). They will reply that they will take care of it. And they will.

The carriers are very likely to flag similar messages in the future (including ones to be sent over the next several days) and block them from coming through.

Most of these senders will never have any clue as to whether their text messages are getting through, so your SPAM reporting will have even more of an impact because they will have more difficulty changing their content or strategy.

It may also be possible to join a class action suit against some of the text spammers, but this may not have an immediate impact on their role in the current election.


20 posted on 10/29/2018 8:19:46 PM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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