Contacting your legislator

One of the most important things you can do to further this cause is to contact your legislator.

DON’T KNOW YOUR LEGISLATOR?

That’s alright. Virginia’s General Assembly provides a helpful online service called Who’s My Legislator?.

1. Click this link: http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/VGAMain?openform.
2. Fill out the form. The required information includes street address, city, and zip code.
3. Click the “Lookup” button.
4. There are your legislators!

I KNOW HIS/HER NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION. NOW WHAT?

Calling is best, but email works well too. Odds are you will not talk directly with the Senator/Delegate, instead you will talk to one of their aides. These aides are fielding dozens of calls from constituents on dozens of different bills. They keep a spreadsheet for each bill and will make a note that you called, whether you are a constituent or not, and they will mark whether you are in favor, or opposed, to a specific bill.

So, just call (or email) and tell them you wan the Senator/Delegate to vote in support of SB 737. It’s as simple as that…but if you can throw in an intelligent reason why, all the better.