How to Stop Political Mail
There is no single national opt-out for every political campaign. Contact each campaign, party, or advocacy group and ask it to suppress your name and address.
Political mail can come from a candidate, campaign committee, party, political action committee, or advocacy organization. Each organization may use a different list, so a request to one sender does not bind the others.
Start with the sender on the piece
- Find the paid-for statement. Look for the campaign, committee, party, or organization responsible for the mailer.
- Use an official contact. Find the sender's campaign website, privacy contact, phone number, or mailing address.
- Ask for postal suppression. Give the name and address exactly as printed and ask the organization not to use or share that record for future physical mail.
- Keep the request. Save the date, the sender, and any reply. Repeat the process for unrelated organizations.
If you do not recognize the committee name
Use the organization in the paid-for statement, not automatically the candidate pictured on the front. The FEC's disclaimer examples show why: an outside group can pay for an ad without the candidate authorizing it. The statement may include the payer's website, phone number, or street address.
For a federal committee, use the FEC committee lookup and search the full name or committee ID. Match the organization before using a listed mailing address. The FEC's committee research guide describes its public records. This is a federal lookup, not a mail opt-out service or a complete directory of state and local senders.
What to write to the sender
Send a short request through the organization's verified contact route:
Please stop sending campaign and fundraising mail to [name and mailing address as printed]. Please keep this record off future postal mailing lists and do not share it for additional postal solicitations. Please confirm the mailing preference change.
This asks the sender to change its marketing list, not your voter registration. You do not need to explain how you vote or attach a ballot, voter-registration card, or identity document. A reply acknowledging your message is not confirmation that the list has changed, and already-prepared mail may still arrive.
Why campaigns have your address
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission explains that voter-file information may be available for political purposes, depending on state law. A voter file never shows who you voted for, but it may include your address, party affiliation, election participation history, or voting method.
Campaigns can also use commercial lists or target an entire area. USPS describes Every Door Direct Mail as a way for campaigns to reach entire routes. An area-wide piece may not contain a personal record that a name-based request can remove.
Check an old or incorrect voter address
If campaign mail is going to an old address or a former resident, check the voter registration with the appropriate state or local election office. The Election Assistance Commission maintains official state election-office links. Update a registration because the voter's information is wrong, not as a shortcut for suppressing mail.
Do not discard official election mail
Campaign advertising is different from official election mail. USPS distinguishes the two: official election mail includes ballot materials, voter-registration cards, absentee-ballot applications, and polling-place notices. Read the piece before treating it as junk.
Junk Mail Magic is for unwanted marketing. Do not upload a ballot, completed voter form, driver's license number, Social Security number, or any document needed to vote.
Use a photo for a sender-specific request
A clear picture can preserve the organization name, paid-for statement, recipient, address, and campaign identifier. Junk Mail Magic can prepare a request to that sender. We cannot guarantee that a campaign will honor it or stop mail from a different campaign.
If the piece says Current Resident or has no personal name, read the address-level mail guide before submitting.
Have an unwanted campaign advertisement?
Photograph the promotional mail with its paid-for statement and mailing label visible. Do not photograph ballots or official election paperwork. Your first request is free.
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