Did they offer you a ride to the polls?
Stranger still is Multnomah is Portland, OR
I got one urging me to vote for “Beto” in Texas - where I have not lived since 2002 - worse yet it came to my phone addressed to my ex (by name), from whom I’ve been divorced for over a decade and a half. They are trolling big time - and they need to be sued and made to stop. No one has the right to harrass us with political crap unless we have given them our phone number first.
Multnomah County is in OR, what state are you in?
I got one encouraging my deal parents to vote.
I got a text from MoochSell Obama with a link. Rather than confirm I got it I erased the text . I felt violated! Violated I tell you!
the dems have been bombing peoples cell phones with unwanted text messages this season..
it’s upset a lot of people.
LOL. We’ve been getting them from FL for weeks. And notices about sending in our absentee ballots. From FL dem party and even one text from moveon org.
got text messages for helping both Dems and Reps but from within my state. Plenty of out of state hang ups and a few partial voice messages from political crap robo calls various other state area codes all across US.
They must have gotten the numbers of a lot of voters and are sending it out to everyone.
Just ignore it.
Every carrier has a way to report text messages as SPAM.
For example, to report SPAM on T-Mobile, forward the offending text to 7726 (which spells SPAM). They will reply that they will take care of it. And they will.
The carriers are very likely to flag similar messages in the future (including ones to be sent over the next several days) and block them from coming through.
Most of these senders will never have any clue as to whether their text messages are getting through, so your SPAM reporting will have even more of an impact because they will have more difficulty changing their content or strategy.
It may also be possible to join a class action suit against some of the text spammers, but this may not have an immediate impact on their role in the current election.
The number supposedly identifying where the call came from is meaningless because spammers, telemarketers, etc. routinely spoof caller ID. There are even apps for it where you can do it yourself. I doubt 1 in 100 of these pests uses the actual number they’re calling from. If a number isn’t in my directory I don’t answer it.
I got one - a text - from Washington State and I’m in Southern California.
I’ve been getting invitations to join the blue wave for weeks. Lately, one of the members of the church has been sending out more neutral ones reminding everyone of the hours and dates of early voting.
While not a phone call, we got the oddest get-out-the-vote postcard in the mail last Friday for some unknown democommie peckerhead running for GA’s ninth district-BUT-get this, it was postmarked from of all places-SAN FRANCISCO!!! I knew the left coast liberals were stupid, but da-YAM! Did they ever stop to think for even one second just how well that will go over here amongst all us ‘ignorant hillbillies’???
I am getting them from everybody and its damned near making my phone useless
I may end up getting a new number soon...
You must assume that the phone number was spoofed. Location means nothing any more.
I got a GOTV message for someone else from Moveon.Org. I was not amused, but was smart enough to just respond that this was an unwanted message and any further contacts will be reported to the FCC, rather than tell them what I really think of Moveon.Org. I’m still somewhat surprised that they haven’t retaliated by hacking my phone.