Reply #15: Kicking this up and.... [View All]

[RedEagle]

...wondering if I can get a printer-friendly version on Scoop or Blackboxvoting?

I send this out to local media (with proper credits and reference to sites, of course!) and something clean without the need to go to a site gets their attention much faster.

If you get their attention, they will go to the site.

It would also help in putting together a nice packet, like the Hopkins study and others, kind of a portfolio on the story. This is also good to send to your election officials and legislators.

Speaking of legislators, keep your local state legislators in the loop on this. They need to know what's going on, what the public wants, and the momentum building behind it. These are the ones who will have to pass legislation to change state laws and in many cases, over the objection of people like Secretaries of State, who seem to hold great power.

You can contact them when they are out of session, too. I think this is better, because they will have more time to address the subject. What we learned this last legislative session is that due to the tremendous volume of legislation they deal with in a relatively short amount of time, they can't get in depth on every topic. Many will just follow the lead of someone they consider more of an expert in a particular area.

And you don't have to be from their legislative district to have an impact. Election law is a statewide- and national concern.

Just watch for your service provider's rules on what they consider spam. Sometimes it gets triggered just by volume.....

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