eeyore
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Thu Feb-23-06 08:59 PM
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How did the Democratic party get my e-mail address? |
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I'm in Oregon, a registered Independent, and have never given money to any political party or candidante of any persuasion. I have given money to DU, but never any candidates. I have signed petitions along the way for causes I support, but have not given to any PACs or NPOs in a long time. I'm terribly in debt from starting a business, and have not been in a position to give for quite some time.
So, the question remains, who's been passing around my e-mail address?
I get e-mails from the Democratic Party of Oregon, John Kerry, and a few other Oregon-based Democratic PACs.
Anyone have any experience with how the Dems organize their databases? If you sign a petition do they automatically log you in for life?
I don't really mind, because I don't consider it spam, but I'm perplexed as to how I got into the system.
:shrug:
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Mythsaje
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:02 PM
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1. Probably the petitions n/t |
Keseys Ghost
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:05 PM
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The same thing happened to me. Well meaning friends who believe me to be a "closet Democrat" (fair assessment) signed me up in spite of my regular rantings against the party "line" (read "actions speak louder than words").
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eeyore
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:09 PM
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5. So NPOs and PACs give your address to the party? |
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Isn't there some sort of implied privacy there?
I know that once you give to any enviro organization you'll start getting solicitations from the rest. I guess you're just fair game once you give it to anyone at all.
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Mythsaje
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:22 PM
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8. Depends on who's sponsoring the petition, I suppose. |
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When I sign some, I notice I start getting e-mails from affiliated groups.
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:04 PM
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2. Did you ever log into the official website of the Democratic party? |
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To get a login account you give them your email address...at least that's how it used to work.
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eeyore
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:06 PM
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Never been to the official site.
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:09 PM
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6. Ever sign one of Kerry's petitions? |
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When you say you sign petitions, do you mean paper, or online? Do you supply emails with those? Maybe the various orgs are selling emails, but I dunno.
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Thu Feb-23-06 09:18 PM
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7. All the liberal groups trade it seems I get email from MoveOn, PFAW, Kerry |
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Wes Clark, Naral, Howard Dean, Hillary etc
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