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Move Over Robo-calls, States Sell Email Addresses For Campaigns To Reach Voters

By wtfpeople 466 days ago in General  |  foxnews.com  |  WTF News  |  1 comment

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If your email inbox starts overflowing with messages from political campaigns this election season, it could be because your state sold you out.

A Fox News study has found 19 states plus the District of Columbia, now ask for an email address on voter registration cards. In nine of those states, email addresses from the cards are then sold to political parties, organizing groups, lawmakers and campaigns who can use them to send unsolicited emails.

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wow, states are into spam..
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