Cell phone privacy

I thought our discussion in class tonight was interesting on the topic of what information is appropriate to ask of supporters and volunteers. Emi seemed to think that a campaign should ask for more than an email address, but when we got to the Bush site, the consensus seemed to be that it was unreasonble for the campaign to require supporters to enter their house addresses. So what should a campaign ask for?

Personally, I'm perfectly willing to give an email address (that's what my extra Gmail account is for) and my home address--I get a ton of political mail already, what's a little more?

But a phone number? Absolutely not. Like a lot of people in my generation, I only have a cell phone. And I hate--hate!--getting calls from people I don't know on it. I would never enter it on a form on a campaign website. If it was required, I'd enter a fake number.

So, what's the right balance between asking for enough contact information to make it worthwhile, without asking for so much that people begin to give fake (and thus worse than useless) answers?