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when the decisions are made!
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Contact information for all County representatives, all State senators, all United States Senators and all United States Congressmen or women can be found by clicking on each county name listed to the left of this page or you may go to the Home page. Below is contact information for the Governor of Ohio and the President of the United States.
For All Counties:
Governor John R. Kasich
30th Floor, Riffe Center
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
1.614.466.3555,
Fax: 1.614.466.9354
Contact the Governor
President Barack Obama, 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
ALERT! (You will be able to find important information here regarding healthcare issues as they arise.)
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 state 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.
