> The problem is 99% of political SMS's I get are not for any politician I can vote for. They're almost all from random districts across the country. I get thi

> The problem is 99% of political SMS's I get are not for any politician I can vote for. They're almost all from random districts across the country. I get this but via email, and they typically say it'll take 2 weeks or more to stop sending me this unsolicited bulk email. This is despite unsubscription being instantaneous. Just as an aside, since high political office is a fairly direct path to immense wealth, I think these unwanted mails should be explicitly considered unsolicited, bulk commercial email. This is the precise definition of spam and we should treat it as spam and not just think of it as such.