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Election Day is just days away.
Maybe your mailbox is full of election mailers.
Maybe it's even overstuffed with mailers.
Maybe you're considering just setting fire to your mailbox so you don't have to deal with it.
But there's a better way.
Douglas Herman is a political strategist.
He was lead mail strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.
So, Doug, we hear there's a way to cut down on all these mailings.
Can you tell us about it?
Absolutely.
There's a way to do this, and it actually works in your interest and in the campaign's interest.
I'll tell you how it works.
These campaign mailers are expensive.
And you get on the list by registering to vote.
And the campaigns are going to communicate with you because you're a registered voter.
The way in which you can get off the list the quickest and the easiest is to do your homework and vote early, because when you vote, the campaign is going to stop talking to you.
It's in their interest to stop spending money.