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States sell email addresses for campaigns to reach voters

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They will often merge voter data with other data to create profiles to help them more precisely target their message to particular voters."

Personal information about registered voters can be invaluable information to campaigns, but selling it is not a big moneymaker for states.

A few states make it available for free, considering it a matter of public record. Some sell a statewide list of every voters' name, address and date of birth for as little as $25. Others offer regularly updated subscriptions for $5,000 per year. The most expensive statewide list Fox News found is in Wisconsin, at $12,500, which includes emails.

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As far as I know, the state does not have my email address.

reply to goalieskates
Here's a quote that illustrates just how predatory and out-of-touch these election marketers are.

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Richard Michael, an Internet campaign advisor at GrassrootsPhonebank.com in Los Angeles, said email addresses "are fair game, no matter how you get them."

"If someone puts their email on a voter registration, it's reasonable to assume they are amenable to receiving political messages," Michael said.

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Here y'are.

grassroots.phonebank@gmail.com

»www.grassrootsphonebank.com/DOM/contact.cfm

»www.linkedin.com/in/grassrootsphonebank