SB 2016-024: Bugger Off Act of 2016 (Failed)

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I drafted this bill in response to demands made by the Harambe Freedom Party, one of its key tenets being the reintroduction of a "Do Not PM" list.  I don't necessarily believe that there ought to be a penalty for mere campaigning, but respecting the wishes of those who don't want to be harassed every two months should be common courtesy, and a freely available database of those people would save time and inbox space for them as well as candidates determining which voters to appeal to.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I understand what you're saying, but as I said before, what is the point of doing this if it has no teeth? Let them make it known that they don't want to be PMed and hope that people respect that, but if we're not going to have consequences, I don't see the point of spending congressional time on putting this in the statue.

The point is just to inform.  I assume that most people who do GOTV operations (as I have) use the Census list to look for voters.  Even putting an asterisk next to people on that list who don't want to be contacted would be sufficient.  Would you support that?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I just want to reiterate that penalizing or shaming people is not the aim of this bill, it's only to make people think twice before they send out potentially unwanted campaign messages.  There are already people who've indicated that they would not like to receive these messages.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

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[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

The goal of the bill is to reduce the number of not desiderated PMs from candidates during campaigns. This might be a good idea. But at the same time, Tmthforu makes a good point. What's the point of having this if there isn't a sanction or something if this is not respected?

Also... let's suppose that there are two candidates (Candidate A and Candidate B). Candidate A respects this bill and doesn't contact those with the asterisk on the voters list. Candidate B doesn't respect the bill and contacts those with the asterisk on the list, so these voters, even if they wanted to be part of the Do Not PM list, can still hear what Candidate B has to say and might be led to vote for him over Candidate A.

I don't see how voters would be won over by people who contacted them when they specifically requested not to be contacted.

Once again, the purpose of the list is to inform people.  Why should we tell all the people who ask not to be PMed that their wishes don't matter?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I'd like to request some additional debate time in case a representative for the Harambe Freedom Party would like to speak on behalf of this bill.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Jesus wept.

Aye.