We live in Israel, but kept our Cleveland Heights phone number. The robocalls are, indeed, annoying, as they come in as late as 4 a.m. in our time zone. I've e-mailed or called the callers' organizations repeatedly and asked them - nay, insisted - to put us on their do-not-call lists. It *seems* to have worked somewhat, as we're down from ten+ calls to one or two calls each week from these groups.
A funny story: On Election Day '08, we got a call asking if we could use a ride to the polls. "Sure, come on over. Here's our street address...."

I check the caller ID before I pick up, if it says toll free service, or has an unknown area code I IGNORE IT.

We look at the number and if it is a toll free, a different area code, a bunch of 000,000,0000, or only a 1 we answer it and hang up in one motion. If we let the answering machine get it then we have to hear the constant beep from that, so we answer and then hang up.

If there is a person on the line, I play deaf. After forcing them to speaking loudly, they finally give up. If it's a computer call I do the same as Geoffrey.

We turned off the ringer over a month ago. We get blathering robocalls several times an hour, over and over day in and day out. Last week we finally turned down the answering machine also as we received a fun call from wretched Crossroads GPS at 1:30am. Yes, 1:30am!!! We were up and out of bed with our hearts racing with worry because no good phone calls come in at the hour of night. Thankfully it wasn't a family emergency.
If these egregious robocalls are doing anything, it's making sure I don't vote for a republican, ever. Ann Romney has also robo-called us. She referred to my wife by name, too. Way to place yourself atop the creep-o meter, Mrs. Romney! I wasn't going to vote for you two months ago, and the calls have only solidified my stance. I can't wait for this embarassing high schoolesque election to be over!!

Actually if you answer the survey they take you off that list--I don't always answer correctly but I do answer the questions. I also pick up the phone and hang up at the same time. If the phone rings more than 4 times I pick and hang up in one motion. Or I let it ring till they give up, I do not have caller ID but all my family and friends have my cell so they call me on it. If I am busy doing something I mute the phone-period

You can easily stop most of it by voting absentee (vote from home) or in person at the Board of Elections. Once you vote your name comes off the many lists out there people use to try and persuade you. I voted on the first day of early voting and haven't received a single phone call from any campaign since then.

We got rid of our land line last year after realizing that Dennis Kucinich was the only person that called us at that number. No land line = No robocalls

I don't think absentee guarantees you will be removed. My college son started getting calls when he signed up for his absentee ballot. Of course, the calls came here, which is kind of funny. I actually spoke to one candidate who told me she got his name from the absentee list. I actually didn't mind talking to an actual candidate! The calls have been so frequent that for the first time I have considered getting rid of my land line. I do not pay for caller ID, so I have no idea how to identify the calls. Mostly, I simply do not pick up the phone. There are only a few people who actually call the house phone anymore anyway. However, I was getting so distressed by these annoying survey calls that I started responding and giving all kinds of wrong information. If the political parties are that desperate for the information, I thought I'd throw a little chaos into the system.

Once you are mailed an absentee ballot look out because your name just popped up on nearly every candidate's list to be called :) But generally, after a few days (or once you return it, whichever comes first) you're generally considered too late to call and persuade. I had been thinking about taking our landline out because the only calls we did get were telemarketers. The '08 election sealed the deal and we did get rid of our landline. I actually enjoy getting calls from the candidate themselves, not a robocall, but the actual candidate. It gives me an opportunity to ask them questions.

I had to get caller ID about a year ago because of the huge number of nuisance calls I receive. I cannot turn off the phone because of an alarm system at my business. I am, however, intelligent enough to make up my own mind for who gets my vote.

Of course we should block robocalls and all nuisance political campaigning and waves of information. That politicians don't have to tell us anything and we can just take a wild guess when we go to the polls and elect unknown candidates with unknown resume's. Just look at the voting records of Americans. We could have government elected by the minority who happen to show up to vote. Sure the robocalls can be a nuisance. Sadly a lot or people need to be reminded of their civic responsibilities.

When people sign up for the do not call registry, it would be great if they could have the option to also block all political calls and fundraising calls. I would like to have the freedom to avoid this type of harrassment. I am on the do not call registry, however, continue to get many telemarketing robocalls which are clearly illegal calls. I don't have caller ID. Maybe I should look into getting that.

For me its fairly easy to bypass the robocall, I just don't say Hello. I give a different kind of greeting, depending on the time of day.
When the computer doesn't hear the right greeting, it just doesn't do anything and you can hang up.

We took our home phone number, which we've had for ten years, and ported it with a cloud-based voice mail service. Instead of $40 per month, we pay $60 per year. There is no phone attached to our "home phone" number. Voice mails are emailed to us as .wav files. If we want to call them back we use our cell phones. If we're returning a business call, we block our own phone number using the *67 feature. Problem solved.

Purchase a Digitone Call Blocker, it will block ANY type or individual phone number. It will block any toll free or out of area call automatically, press the block key twice on any stored number, never hear from that number.again.

A few nights ago I received a robocall from Mitt Romney's campaign. The recorded message proceeded to (mis)inform me that President Obama's economic stimulus program was a failure.....
Well let's take a closer look. Besides helping to keep the country from sliding into a depression, a full one-third of the $775 billion stimulus went directly to middle class families in the form of tax cuts.I wonder if these hard working Americans would agree that the stimulus program was a failure?....
I wish it really was Mitt calling personally...What's that you say about the national debt Mitt? Oh, you must be referring to the trillions in debt caused by two unfunded wars in the Middle East and the simultaneous Bush tax cuts...and how about the unemployment rate...its now below eight percent. But I know you are too busy trying to prevent the president from moving our great country forward. Please Mr. Romney, the next time you call my house, don't try to deceive me with your political misspeak.

My wife turned our phone off this Morning, after literally getting political robocalls every couple minutes. The sheer volume of calls is astonishing and annoying. I am greatful for our cell phone this time of year