- Mention you are a constituent.
- Write your full address in the letter.
- Focus the letter on one issue and keep it brief.
- Give the name and bill number of specific legislation if possible.
- State your reason for writing in the first paragraph. Explain how the issue affects you.
- Be courteous, not hostile.
- Ask the legislator to state his or her position in a reply.
- Give feedback. If your legislator votes as you wished, thank him or her. If the vote was not as you wished, communicate your disappointment cordially.