4 years ago I was a Pennsylvania resident and registered voter. I have since moved to another state and have switched my voter registration. I had assumed changing my registration would be sufficient however, I am on some list of PA voters bc I get A LOT (oh my god it’s so much) of political texts and calls. It’s too late for this election and perhaps it won’t be so bad next time, and I wish they weren’t wasting their time and that my inbox weren’t so full.
17 Comments
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 1y
Steve@communick.news · 13 pts · 1y
I'd expect this would be the place.
That's as far as I got since I'm not in PA.
Edit: I also found this PDF to mail in.
capybeby@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Thank you!! Through this I discovered that registering to vote in one state does not invalidate your old registration…
WHARRGARBL@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
Steve got you, fam! I’ve been registered and actively voting in 3 states since 2020 - currently in a swing state. I was getting over 40 emails and 15 texts every day, plus phone calls each week. Last week I cancelled my registrations in the two former states by snail mail, because that’s apparently the only way they verify your signature.
jewbacca117@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Responding to them only confirms a person exists at your number. Flag them as spam and ignore them.
jewbacca117@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
If they’re sending political messages, the number is already confirmed as matching a PA voter. Texting STOP is the way to go. If that doesn’t work, THEN mark as spam. If it gets too annoying, set up a wall of shame on Twitter. (Almost) No politician wants bad publicity.
lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y
For a lot of those texts, simply reply with "stop".
The automated system will add you to the no-go list.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Next letter will just say "Hammer time"
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
As far as voting goes, you're fine. I've lived at my current address for over a decade and still get letters for the prior resident.
The State of Pennsylvania knows you've moved and the spammers are just sapmmers.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 1y
Be rude af and get blocked by them :p
pezmaker@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
I moved from Wisconsin a decade ago and I still get political shit from their parties. If there'sa good answer for this I hope you get it, I think this is just my life now.
WHARRGARBL@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Pop your info in here to locate and contact the clerk for details on how to “deregister” or cancel your Wisconsin voter registration: https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/My-Municipal-Clerk
pezmaker@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I just looked myself up in the voter registrations and it seems I'm already unregistered after being gone so long. Must just be residual contact lists I need to keep responding stop to, it has slowed down. Thank you for the suggestion
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
I also used to live in PA. Less than a year. I get more polical texts and calls from them than I do from my home state now
mesamunefire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Get a new number. No really, it helped me in the same situation.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Lpt, for dmv stuff/voting stuff use an entirely separate number on another device if possible, or if on the same phone, you can deactivate that number and enable when needed.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
This is horrifying
CobblerScholar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Verizon at least has a block by area code setting and that's saved me a lot of headache