UPDATE: Rep. Keown says the bill is dead because he couldn't get enough support. I'm not exactly shocked.
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If you really hate those automated political calls, you might check out this organization, the National Political Do Not Contact Registry.
According to an L.A. Times story about this organization, the group doesn't have the force of law like the no call registry for business calls. Basically the group just asks politicians not to call you.
But it's something. By the way, last year a state representative tried to add the force of law to this by adding political calls to those that can be blocked by the do not call registry in Georgia. You can read state Rep. Mike Keown's House Bill 22 here. Macon state Rep. Allen Peake was a co-sponsor.
The legislation died last year because some state legislators had "First Amendment questions" about the law. And a subcommittee of the House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications committee appointed a new committee to look at the bill further.
No word yet on whether that committee will need to appoint another committee to examine the structure of the blue ribbon panel that will be needed to fully determine whether politicians should be subject to a law already in place for private enterprise.
I sent Rep. Keown an email to check on the status of his bill this year and will let you know what he says.
4 comments:
Thanks for the mention.
These calls are an epidemic and are invading the privacy of All American Voters.
Our members are taking a stand and saying enough is enough at the National Political Do Not Contact Registry at StopPoliticalCalls.org.
Here is a quote from a member this morning:
"I find it very frustrating... I tend to get calls at the WORST time. I have a one year old daughter, and it NEVER fails that the phone will ring when I put her down for a nap or for bed. Also my vote is PRIVATE... so who do you think you are calling with a survey to find out who I am voting for!!! Stop calling me."
Regards,
Shaun Dakin
CEO and Founder
http://www.stoppoliticalcalls.org
This may just be Allen trying to put Erick out of the robocall business to get even over Erick's tepid support of a sensible redesign for Forest Hill Road?
There shouldn't be enough support. This maybe the dumbest sponsored bill of all time. How exactly are these calls invading your privacy? How about don't answer the phone? Or have you ever heard of caller ID. This is typical of some State Rep. trying to get his name in the paper. Maybe they can get along well enough to discuss actually important stuff so they spend their time with this. This is ridiculous!
... said the man who doesn't have a hard line and thus doesn't have to deal with the calls.
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