Field notes on running verified voter outreach, 10DLC and TCPA in plain language, and what actually moves a race.
Yes, campaigns can text voters on Election Day, with the same two rules that apply every other day: text only people who opted in, and send only within legal hours for each recipient's location.
Federally, automated political texts can only go out between **8 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the recipient's local time**. Several states are stricter, and the window that matters is always the voter's, not the campaign's.
Yes. Volunteers are not exempt, texting a volunteer's cell with an autodialer still needs their prior express consent, the same as any other recipient. The good news is volunteers are the easiest opt-in you'll ever get.
Only if the petition clearly asked for text consent and they agreed. A signature on a petition is not, by itself, permission to text, the same way a vote or a donation isn't.
The short federal answer is probably not, and the leading authority points that way. But it's unsettled, and a state committee follows state law, not the FEC. Here's the actual picture, and why it's your counsel's call.
Early voting is turnout you can bank before Election Day, but only if voters know when, where, and how. The text reminders that convert intent into a cast ballot.
You attach a rally photo or a candidate video, hit send, and it silently fails to some voters. The reason is carrier MMS size limits, and they're smaller than you think. What campaigns can actually send.
A requested mail ballot that never comes back is a supporter you're about to lose. The ballot chase is one of the highest-return uses of text in a campaign, here's how to run it.
On Election Day your team should be turning out voters, not watching a send queue. Here's how to schedule GOTV texts ahead of time while keeping every message inside legal hours for each recipient.
The last seven weeks of a campaign are won or lost on execution. Here's a week-by-week texting plan for the closing stretch, what to send, when, and to whom.
No, not legally, a phone number on the voter file is not consent to text it. The voter file tells you who to reach and how to target; it does not give you permission to send autodialed texts to those cells.
A short, practical template for a first political text that's both compliant and effective, who you are, what you want, how to opt out, in under 160 characters.