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How many of you actually message and communicate with congressmen and women? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world
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American population seems to forget that the government works for them. You have the ability to message a congressman or woman requesting them act on your part to facilitate certain changes in society, to support or not support certain bills.

You also can make requests for them to come and participate at a town hall meeting or to give a speech to the community to facilitate certain political stances or goals.

It's time for you all to participate in the government meetings or voting because you, the citizen, are actually the primary member of the government. The government is a public organization that works for the representation of the people. They're not these figureheads that are supposed to have endless power and make decisions. decisions are in void without the permission of the population.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

i email mine almost weekly. used to get canned replies, but i haven't gotten anything in weeks. it's made abundantly clear the first time you get a canned reply from your rep that they know they don't actually represent you, and don't care. i still email them, because that's very little effort on my part, and could eventually be used as evidence when we the people finally kick them all out. 'could', i said

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I emailed mine a few months ago. Told them to reject the Ali Act exemption that is a gift to Dana White and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    Got a form letter back that in no way responded to me. I’m now on their email list for donations. It’s not clear if they ever saw my email at all.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    From time to time. I always end up on email lists and usually get form letter responses, but with some of the more local politicians I felt like it did some good.

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