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Enter your addressClick on the Elected and Appointed Officials tileChoose a local representative who youʻd like to meetKeep that tab open for now
Choose from the topic areas below to see questions you might want to ask, or choose your own. Choose as many as you’d like!As you choose your questions on the left, you’ll see them get added your agenda on the right
Go back to your elected official’s page on BallotReadyGo to their website and take a look around if there’s any information about how you can meet with your representative. If there is information about scheduling a meeting, great! Follow those instructions.If you don’t see anything about how to schedule a meeting, that’s very common and okay too. Use the phone number or email on their BallotReady page to ask to schedule a meetingHere’s a script you can use, if you’d like:
“Hello (official’s name),
I’m (your name). I’m one of your constituents, and I work in civic technology. I’m interested in getting to know more about my local government and representatives, and I’d like to schedule some time to get to know you in person. Please let me know the best way to make an appointment.
Best,
(your name)Come back here when you get an appointment or a week from today, whichever comes first!
Make a plan
Step 1: Find a rep
Which representative did you pick?
Step 2: Decide what you want to say about yourself
Your representative wants to know how best to serve you, so help them understand who you are and what you care about.
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Step 3: Decide what you want to discuss with your representative
We’ll add the questions you choose to an agenda you can take with you to remind yourself what you wanted to cover.
I know what I want to talk about
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What is your office currently doing about (issue)?
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What would make you change your mind?
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I want to learn more about how my government works
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How would you describe what your office is responsible for?
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How do you learn about what your constituents care about?
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How do you make decisions?
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What do you do day-to-day?
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Why did you want to run for this office?
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What issues are you most passionate about?
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What is your connection to this community?
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I want to learn more about how to get involved
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How can I keep in touch with you in the future?
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Step 4: Make a plan to meet your representative
Representatives have different ways they like to meet with constituents. You might attend their office hours, schedule a time to come to their office, or invite them to meet your organization somewhere.
Step 5: Create an Asana Reminder
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