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Objectives:

• Enable constituents to effectively contact their elected representatives to share concerns, ask questions, or offer support.
• Empower users to communicate issues or legislative requests with or without a specific call to action. </aside>

Email:

To reach out to your elected official via email, you can reach out directly to their legislative emails or you can reach out to a staff member.

Colorado State Email Formula:

• Representatives: First Name.Last Name. [email protected]
• Senators: First Name.Last [email protected]

Federal Email Formula:

Federal legislators usually have websites and generic inboxes that constituents can send information to directly to. It is best to send information directly to staffers, if you have the first and last name of a staff member, this is the formula to use:

• Senators: Firstname_Lastname@senators lastname.senate.gov
• Representatives: [email protected]

Template:

Subject: Constituent Outreach to the Office of ______

Dear (Official Title, Representative, Senator, etc).

My name is ____________ and I am constituent in district _________ residing in ___________.

*I am reaching out in regards to (topic make sure to include all necessary information as discussed in the tips, Bill name/number, event, question, etc).

Explain why you are reaching out (personal connection, voting concerns, etc.)

As your constituent I thank you for your time and acknowledgment. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

First and Last name

Zip Code