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I started at 5calls.org, the easiest way to find information on important political issues, phone numbers for the relevant elected officials, and scripts that help you plan what to say. Specifically, I was calling about this one.

I prefer calling after hours so I don’t have to talk to a person (but make sure you provide your address or your call might not be tallied). None of this senator’s five listed phone numbers let me leave a voicemail, but two referred me to a contact form on the senate.gov website.

The contact form did not let me send the email. It might have been a mobile issue, but the “send” button just wouldn’t button. Can’t call, can’t email.

So I looked up the senator’s fax number. Not every official has one, but many do. And I used faxzero.com to send my message as a fax. With this site, you can send five faxes a day for free. You do have to click an emailed confirmation link before it will actually send, though.

I also added a sentence to the fax, thanking the senator for accepting faxes because I couldn’t get through with phone or email.

I encourage anyone who cares enough to call, to follow similar steps to make sure your message gets through. You can even do all three whether they work or not.

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Gets a silver medal

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