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How do I tell Pennsylvania I no longer live there?

4 years ago I was a Pennsylvania resident and registered voter. I have since moved to another state and have switched my voter registration. I had assumed changing my registration would be sufficient however, I am on some list of PA voters bc I get A LOT (oh my god it’s so much) of political texts and calls. It’s too late for this election and perhaps it won’t be so bad next time, and I wish they weren’t wasting their time and that my inbox weren’t so full.

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communick.news

I'd expect this would be the place.
That's as far as I got since I'm not in PA.

Edit: I also found this PDF to mail in.

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sh.itjust.works

Thank you!! Through this I discovered that registering to vote in one state does not invalidate your old registration…

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Steve got you, fam! I’ve been registered and actively voting in 3 states since 2020 - currently in a swing state. I was getting over 40 emails and 15 texts every day, plus phone calls each week. Last week I cancelled my registrations in the two former states by snail mail, because that’s apparently the only way they verify your signature.

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

Responding to them only confirms a person exists at your number. Flag them as spam and ignore them.

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If they’re sending political messages, the number is already confirmed as matching a PA voter. Texting STOP is the way to go. If that doesn’t work, THEN mark as spam. If it gets too annoying, set up a wall of shame on Twitter. (Almost) No politician wants bad publicity.

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lemmy.ca

For a lot of those texts, simply reply with "stop".

The automated system will add you to the no-go list.

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As far as voting goes, you're fine. I've lived at my current address for over a decade and still get letters for the prior resident.

The State of Pennsylvania knows you've moved and the spammers are just sapmmers.

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sh.itjust.works

I moved from Wisconsin a decade ago and I still get political shit from their parties. If there'sa good answer for this I hope you get it, I think this is just my life now.

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I just looked myself up in the voter registrations and it seems I'm already unregistered after being gone so long. Must just be residual contact lists I need to keep responding stop to, it has slowed down. Thank you for the suggestion

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I also used to live in PA. Less than a year. I get more polical texts and calls from them than I do from my home state now

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Lpt, for dmv stuff/voting stuff use an entirely separate number on another device if possible, or if on the same phone, you can deactivate that number and enable when needed.

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