# Is there a way I can donate to political causes without getting on mailing lists? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 7, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-i-can-donate-to-political-causes-without-getting-on-mailing-lists/849038 "2020-03-07T01:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-i-can-donate-to-political-causes-without-getting-on-mailing-lists/849038/13 "2020-03-07T06:45:33Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > You’re worried about emails? When I donated to the Obama campaign, I got emails, postal mail, and phone calls. They were relentless! I don’t recall giving them my email address or phone number, but they must have used a Jedi mind trick on me. Once you give out _any_ contact information, it will get spread around farther and faster than … than … well, than any novel virus. And with your info out there on a hundred mailing lists or more, you’ll never be able to unsubscribe. One will be well-advised to learn the story of [Ms. Releasha Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17301013&postcount=18), reported a while back on this very message board! > [@Ways you've messed with a telephone scam artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-messed-with-a-telephone-scam-artist/686367/18): > > Within six months, Releasha Jones was getting 15-20 calls a week. Within nine months, _she was getting mail addressed to her_. Catalogs. Flyers. Calendars. Mouse pads. Free samples of OTC pharmaceuticals. I left that company in June of 2010, and over a year later, she was still getting mail. 😛 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-i-can-donate-to-political-causes-without-getting-on-mailing-lists/849038)._