This was a legitimate survey of likely voters on behalf of a news organization. I spoke to the and saw the results of what was obviously the same survey in the newspaper a few days later. Surveys are not included in the Do Not Call List, since they have to be random, and a lot of scammers try to pretend their marketing is a survey. But this was not pushing any candidate and appeared to be following good survey procedures. But good procedures include choosing a particular person in the household and trying multiple times to talk to that person, since lots of failed contacts makes the statistics less valid.
Franklin and Marshall College is asking you to do a survey for Muscular Dis-trophy - at least that was the message the first time they called said. The second time there was no message - so they are exempt from the DNC because it is both a) a survey and b) for charity. And the first time they left a 'case' number for me to give if I wanted to call them back to answer questions about how I felt about Muscular Dis-tropy and how my community was dealing with those who had the disease . I am not going to call back. Returning their call is not going to happen because I am not going get on any more charity mailing lists.
While this may have been a Non-profit Organization I think it was telemarketing at its' "finest".