Posts tagged TCPA.
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.
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 factual, numbers-first look at what non-compliant texting costs a political campaign, TCPA statutory damages, real settlements, the state mini-TCPA wave, and the expected-value case for getting it right.
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.
Peer-to-peer texting is often sold as the way to skip 10DLC and consent rules. That's a dangerous half-truth. Here's what P2P actually exempts, and what it doesn't.
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.
A TCPA demand letter is scary and time-sensitive. Here's a calm, plain-language walkthrough of what it is, what not to do, and why your records decide the outcome.
You don't need a lawyer to catch most compliance problems before they become claims. Here's a plain self-audit any campaign can run on its own texting program.
Every message you send after someone replies STOP is a separate violation, the clearest, most expensive kind in TCPA litigation, and it tanks your sender reputation with the carriers at the same time.
Federal rules and a growing patchwork of state mini-TCPA laws set the hours you can text voters. This complete guide covers how quiet hours work, why recipient local time governs, the state variations, and how to stay compliant across a multi-state list.
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.