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Can I Text Voters on Election Day?
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.
Do I Need Consent to Text My Own Volunteers?
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.
Can I Text People Who Signed My Petition?
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.
Can I Text Voters Straight from the Voter File?
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.
Political Texting Compliance: The Complete Guide
The complete guide to political texting compliance, consent, the TCPA, 10DLC registration, quiet hours, opt-outs, state laws, and records. Everything a campaign needs, in one place.
TCPA Compliance for Political Texting, the Complete Guide
The TCPA governs every political text. Campaigns are exempt from written consent but must still have consent, honor STOP instantly, identify themselves, text in reasonable hours, and keep four years of records. Here's the whole picture.
Does the Do Not Call Registry Apply to Political Texts?
Campaigns often ask whether the National Do Not Call Registry blocks political texting. The answer is nuanced, and getting it wrong in either direction causes problems.
How to Grow a Texting List That's Actually Yours
The strongest texting list is one you earned, not bought. This complete guide covers every way campaigns grow a consented list at the source, QR codes, keywords, pledge pages, referrals, relational, and canvass capture, plus how to convert and keep it.
Can I Text Donors Who Gave Through ActBlue or WinRed?
Only if the donation form captured text consent and the donor agreed. A contribution is a financial transaction, not a texting opt-in, so the checkbox has to have been there and checked.
Do Political Campaigns Need Consent to Text Voters?
Yes, campaigns need consent to text voters, but not the signed written consent that binds commercial marketers. This complete guide covers the consent standard campaigns must meet, what counts, what doesn't, and how to build a defensible consented list.
Can I Buy a List of Cell Numbers to Text Voters?
No, not compliantly. A purchased list is a list of people who consented to someone else, or to no one, which makes your texts to them unsolicited. Buying numbers buys you liability, not consent.
STOP and HELP, Handling Text Opt-Outs the Right Way
Every political text program has to process STOP and HELP instantly, automatically, and permanently, across every campaign. Here's how opt-out handling works, the human-worded opt-out most tools miss, and why it's a hard requirement.