notbob wrote:
>
> I swear, I'm getting up to half dozen calls per hr and they're all
> political promo recordings. I'm about to take the phone off the hook.
>
> nb

You can't via the Do Not Call registry since the politicos exempted
themselves from that law. You have really two options I can see:

1. Simply don't answer the phone - This is what I've done for years, if
it's a legit call they will leave a message, if a robo-call 99% of the
time it doesn't leave a message.

2. Put a message on your answerer/voicemail stating that political calls
are not accepted and repeat calls will be prosecuted for trespass. There
was a lot of talk with the Do Not Call registry of first amendment
rights to access the Public Switched Telephone Network, however the PSTN
ends at the telco box on the side of your house. Everything past that
point is your privately owned equipment and thus unauthorized access
should be prosecutable as trespass exactly the same way as your other
physical property.