LWVAL needs your help to be ready
for the 2008 Legislative Session of the
Alabama Legislature (opening Tuesday, February 5). Please help us
prepare
for effective advocacy by telling us about
your legislators and, if you want to, about your legislative interests.
We respect your privacy! Privacy
policy and other questions
Thank you in advance for your
reply!
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LWV
Member Information
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Your Name: |
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I
am a member of....
LWV
of Baldwin County
LWV of
Greater Birmingham
LWV
of East Alabama
LWV
of Mobile
LWV
of Montgomery
LWV
of Greater Tuscaloosa
I
am not a member of an Alabama local League. I am a....
Member-at-Large
LWV
National Member
I
don't know.
I've
received this survey in error. I am not a member of the League of Women
Voters in Alabama.
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| County
of Residence: |
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| Email
Address: |
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| Phone: |
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| Alabama
State Legislators |
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Your State
Representative |
District Number:
(if
known) |
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| Name of Representative: |
Do you personally know your Representative?
Yes No
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Your State
Senator |
District Number:
(if
known) |
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| Name of Senator: |
Do you personally know your Senator?
Yes No
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Other Legislators
Are
there other members of the legislature whom you personally know and
would be willing to contact regarding League issues or legislation? If
so, please provide the name(s) of the legislator(s).
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What
are your advocacy interests? (Optional)
If
you have special interests in a state-wide issue or issues, we would
love to hear about them.
(Here's where the LWVAL stands, and here are our LWVAL
Advocacy Priorities for 2008.) Your opinions and suggestions for League
advocacy are welcomed here, too. |
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Should
LWVAL share your information with your local League?
Because
of the lack of home rule in our Alabama Constitution, many bills
regarding local issues are introduced into the state legislature. We
hope you will give LWVAL permission to pass the information in this
survey on to your local League to help plan for local legislation
advocacy. However, we
will not do this without your permission. |
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Do share this
information with my local League.
Do NOT share this
information with my local League.
Not applicable. I'm
not a member of a local League. |
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Please review the form and when
satisfied with
your responses, click the "Send" button below.
If
you have any questions regarding this form, call the
League at 205 871-8194 or e-mail to member-advocacy@lwval.org.
Thank
you for your participation!
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| About your privacy and other
questions you may have... |
This
information is for LWVAL Advocacy use only. The
Advocacy Team (members of the LWVAL Board of Directors and LWVAL
Legislative Liaison) may request that you contact a legislator to
advocate in your own name for or
against a bill. Your
personal information will not be shared in any way
with anyone else, including other members of the League, without your
expressed direction. You may direct LWVAL
to share this information with your local League to advocate for or
against local legislation (one of the survey questions). However,
unless otherwise directed by you,
LWVAL will not share your information with your local League.
Questions
you may have...
What difference do I make to the advocacy effort? As a
member of the
League
of Women Voters, you are an integral part of the League's advocacy
effort in the Alabama Legislature. When a bill reaches a critical stage
in the legislature, the LWVAL Advocacy Team will issue a call to action
urging smember to contact their legislators. You will be asked to urge
your legislator to vote
favorable to our League position on the issue. Your action is important.
Why is my
help so important? If you are a constituent,
your voice is extremely
powerful in influencing your legislator's vote. The law-maker knows
that for every call, letter, or email he/she receives, there are
probably hundreds of constituents who have a similar opinion. The
League writes letters to the legislators and letters to the editor and
presents testimony at the State House; the legislators knows the
League's opinion. BUT your personal voice is the strongest of all!
Why do you
need to know specifically who my
legislators are?
Sometimes the most effective advocacy is not through a
general
call to action, but with a targeted call to action urging contact with
certain committee members or legislative leaders. A key to effective
advocacy is knowing where our advocacy strengths are. For
certain
bills that will be you!!
Can't you
find out who my legislators are for yourself?
Yes, but it takes time and resources that we could use for
other
worthy League efforts! :-) Your help would be appreciated!
THANK
YOU!
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