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      Call, e-mail, fax or write your legislators - local, state and federal. Make your feelings regarding end-of-life issues known.  Phone numbers and addresses can be obtained by calling your local county Board of Elections.  

  Fayette County   
  Highland County  
  Clinton County  
  Ross County  
  Clark County  
  Greene County  
  Madison County    
  Pickaway County

 For All Counties:

Governor Ted Strickland, Governor's Office, Riffe Center,77 South High Street, 30th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, 1.614.466.3555,
Fax: 1.614.466.9354  Contact the Governor

President George W. Bush, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington D. C.  20500, Comments: 1.202.456.1111, Switchboard: 1.202.456.1414, Fax: 1.202.456.2461   comments@whitehouse.gov

     Did you know that it can take up to three months for postal mail to get through to legislators and their staffs?  Since September 11 and the anthrax scares, all incoming mail and parcels are subjected to thorough analysis for bombs, poisons and biological agents.  This means that sending physical letters is, at least for the foreseeable future, practically useless for activism purposes.  The same goes for sending mail to the White House.
     This situation is not as bad for Federal agencies, nor for state and municipal governments, but even in those cases, fax and e-mail are more efficient and effective.  This is a great turnabout from the 1990's, when most government bodies and legislators more or less ignored e-mail as a valid communication medium.
    
     It's not just what your message is, but also how you send it.

     When contacting your Senator or Representative by phone, remember to introduce yourself as a member of his/her constituency.  Identify the organization you are affiliated with and the reason you are calling. State your position on the issue and the rational for your position.  Request his/her support on the issue and if possible, ascertain the Congress person's position on the issue.  Finally, thank the Congress person or staff member for their time.  This same scenario may be tweaked and used for e-mails, faxes and letters .

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