How to sign up for political text alerts

To sign up for political text alerts, text the keyword an organization prints on its own site to its short code (the NRSC's site says Text WIN to 55404; the DCCC's says Text BLUE to 43700), or fill in the organization's sign-up form with your phone number and the consent box. You are agreeing to recurring, possibly automated messages until you reply STOP. Every committee runs its own program, so each sign-up is one list. The official paths for the six national committees, both parties, are below, in the same format, quoted from each site on October 26, 2026.

How political text opt-in works

There are two lawful ways to join a political text list: text a keyword to the organization's short code, or submit a form with your number and a consent box that is unticked until you tick it. Both create what the rules call prior express consent, which is what allows the organization to send automated and autodialed messages to your cell phone; without it, a campaign may only text you manually, one message at a time by a person. The form has to show, where you give the number, who will text you, about what, roughly how often, that consent is not a condition of anything, and how to stop. The carriers check those disclosures when they approve the program, which is why the consent lines on the committees' sites read so similarly. The sender's side of that rule is in Opt-in and consent for political texting.

What the consent line commits you to

Two examples, one from each party's Senate or House committee, read October 26, 2026. The NRSC's form: "By providing your phone number and checking the box, you are consenting to receive marketing texts, including autodialed and automated texts, to that number with campaign notifications from the NRSC (55404 & 87197)... Reply HELP for help, STOP to end." The DCCC's: "By participating, you agree to receive recurring automated text messages from the DCCC with news & info about our work. Message & data rates may apply. Text STOP to end. Text HELP for help." Sources: nrsc.org (opens in a new tab) and dccc.org (opens in a new tab). The elements are the same on both sides: the messages recur, they may be automated, your carrier may charge for them, STOP ends them, HELP identifies the sender. Expect fundraising asks from party committees; expect reminders and event notices from candidate and issue programs; expect the volume to rise in the last month before an election.

The official programs, side by side

The six national committees, paired by role. Each entry is that organization's own opt-in path as published on its site on October 26, 2026; keywords and short codes change, so the site is the authority and the link goes there. This page lists both parties in the same format and recommends none of them.

Candidates, state parties and issue organizations each run their own programs, found the same way: the keyword and short code, or the form, on the organization's own website. Sign up there rather than through a link in an unexpected text, so you know who you are consenting to.

Nonpartisan election reminders

• Vote.org election reminders (opens in a new tab): registration deadlines and election dates by text and email, for any voter, with no party.
• HeadCount (opens in a new tab): email updates and election alerts from the nonpartisan voter-registration organization.
• Your election office: many state and county election offices offer text or email alerts for ballot status, early voting and polling-place changes; look for "alerts" or "notifications" on the office's site.

What the short codes mean

A short code is a five- or six-digit sender an organization leases and the carriers approve for high-volume texting; the keyword you text to it enrolls you in that organization's program. A text from a short code is therefore from a registered, identifiable sender, not an anonymous one: replying HELP returns the program's name and contact information under the industry's short code rules, and STOP ends it. Campaigns that text from ordinary ten-digit local numbers are registered too, under a different system; the difference between the two, and why a campaign chooses one, is in 10DLC vs short code vs toll-free.

How to leave later

Reply STOP to the number or short code the texts come from. The FCC says the sender must honor a request to stop made in any reasonable manner, and a compliant program suppresses your number across all of its sending numbers. Each sign-up is its own list, so leaving one does not touch the others. Blocking, screening unknown senders, carrier spam tools and reporting are in How to stop political text messages; why texts arrive from organizations you never signed up with is in Why am I getting political texts?

What is behind the form

Every one of these programs runs on a registered texting platform: the committee registers with the carriers, the form's disclosures are part of that registration, and the welcome message and STOP handling are requirements, not courtesies. The scripts you will receive look like the ones in Political text message examples and, in the final weeks, GOTV text message templates. For the people who build the programs, the rulebook is Political texting compliance; the platform FullPAC runs them on is described at political texting.

Questions people ask

How do I sign up for political text alerts? Go to the organization's own website and either text the keyword it prints to its short code (for example, the NRSC's site says Text WIN to 55404 and the DCCC's says Text BLUE to 43700) or fill in its sign-up form with your phone number and tick the consent box. The welcome text that follows names the sender and tells you how to stop. Sign up through the organization's own page, not through a link in an unexpected text.

What am I agreeing to when I sign up? Recurring text messages from that organization, which may be automated or autodialed, with message and data rates possibly applying, until you reply STOP. The NRSC's form says you consent to receive marketing texts, including autodialed and automated texts, with campaign notifications; the DCCC's says you agree to receive recurring automated text messages with news and info about its work. Both say reply STOP to end and HELP for help. That consent is what allows the program to text you at scale.

How do I sign up for Republican text alerts? The Republican National Committee's site has a join form with a phone field that enrolls you in a recurring text program; the NRSC (Senate) prints Text WIN to 55404; the NRCC (House) has a text opt-in form at act.nrcc.org. Each is a separate list; sign up with the one whose updates you want.

How do I sign up for Democratic text alerts? The Democratic National Committee runs a text sign-up form on Action Network; the DSCC (Senate) has an SMS sign-up form at go.dscc.org; the DCCC (House) prints Text BLUE to 43700. Each is a separate list; sign up with the one whose updates you want.

Are there nonpartisan election reminder texts? Yes. Vote.org offers election reminders by text and email for registration deadlines and election dates, and HeadCount offers email updates and election alerts. Many state and county election offices also offer alerts; check your election office's website. These tell you when and where to vote without a party's messaging.

What does a short code like 55404 or 43700 mean? A short code is a five- or six-digit sender leased by an organization for high-volume texting and approved by the carriers. The keyword you text to it enrolls you in that organization's program. If you get a text from a short code you do not recognize, replying HELP returns the program's name and contact information under the industry's short code rules, and STOP ends it.

How do I stop the texts later? Reply STOP to the number or short code the texts come from. The sender is required to honor it, and a compliant program stops on every number it uses. Unsubscribing from one organization does not affect the others you signed up with. The full set of steps, including blocking and screening, is in How to stop political text messages.