Tired of automated political calls

Recently U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean joined with U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein of California and introduced the Robocall Privacy Act to bring relief to voters across the nation who are experiencing an epidemic of robo calls this election.

The bill suggests sanctions on groups or individuals who: make political robo-calls between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.; make more than two political robo-calls to the same number in the same day; fail to disclose the party responsible for the political robo-call; or block caller identification information.

While any attempt to rein in the abuses of robo-calls is to be commended, the simple fact of the matter is that voters don't want these types of regulations at all. What they want is for the phone to stop ringing.

Can you imagine the federal Do Not Call registry, one of the most successful federal regulations in history with 150 million numbers registered to date, limiting telemarketers to two calls a day?

The American consumer would have never stood for it! There would have been an uproar and it would not have succeeded to the extent that it has.

I started a non-profit, non-partisan organization last year to combat intrusive robo-calls by using a voluntary, private sector solution: the Political Do Not Contact Registry. Our registry is similar to the federal government's Do Not Call list. But to succeed it requires politicians who will honor the wishes of voters who'd rather not endure the endless robotic, political phone calls during campaign season.

We ask that all politicians join with us and take the "Do Not Robo call" pledge and stop the phone from ringing.

Shaun Dakin

Founder and CEO,

National Political Do Not Contact Registry