The Monkey's Paw

Granted, you now receive them for every state except Ohio

congratulations your now receiving text messages from various numbers about Nebraska politics

Congratulations you now receive singing telegrams at home and work about Ohio politics.

Granted, all of your saved/known contacts will now only text about Ohio politics.

Granted. Your phone breaks, preventing you from receiving text messages, or doing anything else with your phone. And there's no real option for you to obtain a new phone, even by borrowing someone else's.

You will still receive leaflets about Ohio politics, though. If you want the leaflets to stop, just send a quick text to the number on the back saying "STOP".

Granted. Gen alpha has heard your prayers and wants to help you experience JOMO on Ohio politics no cap. Only skibidi political texts from now on:

Hewwo registered voter. Sherrod Brown has been mewling to lookmax ahead of this election. For less than a glizzy, you can help spawn points unalive their pre-jits and keep serving. Will you be a giga-chad and give $2 to help him mog sweaty Bernie Moreno? We're not glazing when we say donations increase your rizz. Dead ass no jelqing required. With a 900% match, you can't afford to hurkle durkle.

I stupidly signed my name in at a single campaign event almost a decade ago. Of course, that information made it's way to a large local political organization, and they've refused to remove me from their contact list, no matter how many times I asked.

What has sort of worked is replying, every time they contact me, that their nonconsensual text messages have swayed me to vote against their candidate or issue, and I that will continue to vote, out of spite, against any candidate that sends me unsolicited texts messages.

It's not perfect, but I have gotten significantly less election related text spam since I started this approach.

Just to be clear, I spent years asking them politely to take me off their lists, but nothing reduced the volume of election spam until I switch my approach to this.

As soon the message arrives, reply STOP.

This sends a signal to the sender and the carrier that you didn’t want it.

Next, look for the messaging app feature to “Block and Report”. This sends a signal to Apple/Google and possibly others that the message was spam.

Now, I do these things and I continue to get political fundraising pleas over text from groups I don’t recognize.

BUT, I also work with bulk emailing and know it takes a very small number of reports, less than 1%, of messages reported as spam before the bulk-mailer/carrier blocks and penalizes the group originating the message.

I think some collective action here by a small group can make a difference.