Posts tagged compliance.
Political texts often need a "paid for by" disclaimer and always need clear sender identification. Here's when disclaimers apply, what they have to say, and how to fit them into a short text.
Templates let a campaign send fast, on-message, and compliant without writing every text from scratch. Here's how Templates work in Txtra and why they keep quality high as a program scales.
Governing texts follow different rules than campaign texts. The official/campaign separation, public records, TCPA, and election-window limits, what elected officials have to get right.
TCPA violations scale into class actions fast, because campaigns send in volume. Here's how TCPA lawsuits against campaigns work, what triggers them, the damages at stake, and how to stay out of one.
Collecting a phone number isn't collecting consent. The carrier standard requires a clear, conspicuous call to action, here's what one actually contains, and what makes it hold up.
A suppression list is the record of everyone you must never text, opt-outs, wrong numbers, do-not-contacts. Here's what it is, why it's a core compliance tool, and why it has to work across every campaign.
A sender ID is what identifies who a text is from. Here's what a sender ID is, how it differs across number types, why it matters for trust and deliverability, and how it ties to sender identification rules.
Most political texting failures come from a short list of avoidable mistakes. Here are the ones campaigns make most, buying lists, skipping registration, over-texting, mishandling opt-outs, and how to fix each.
Florida's mini-TCPA sets some of the strictest texting limits in the country, a cap of three messages per recipient per day and a safe-harbor window after opt-out. Here's what campaigns texting Florida need to know.
The most dangerous thing a campaign can do is the easiest: hit send on a big list. Because under the TCPA, one unconsented blast doesn't create one violation. It creates thousands, all at once.
SHAFT is the carrier shorthand for content categories that get texts blocked, sex, hate, alcohol, firearms, and tobacco. Here's what SHAFT means, how it can catch political messages, and how to keep a message clear of the filters.
Your organization's tax and legal structure affects how you register to text and which use case applies. Here's how texting works for 527s, 501(c)(4)s, and campaigns, and why getting the registration path right matters.