Key to our success to win Congressional hearings is a grassroots letter writing campaign. Download the letter below and send to your Congress member. You can look them up here.

Add your personal statement to the letter, or write your own letter. Email it to your network. Bring letters with you and ask folks at work or at a family event to sign.  Get signatures at a July 4th barbecue, or, set up a table at a street or county fair, in front of a farmer’s market, or any place where there’s people traffic. Ask folks to sign letters.

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Honorable ___________________

Address   ____________________

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Dear Representative  _________________________:

I want to urge you to support Congressional Hearings on the second class status of independent voters. Independents are now 38% of the electorate. We are a new force in American politics but face structural barriers that block our full democratic participation.

Many states exclude independents from the crucial first round of voting, exclude independents from participation on election boards and as poll workers, and force independents to register as “undeclared,” “unenrolled,” or “other,” rather than as independents, to name just a few barriers.

We believe this situation warrants immediate attention at the federal level and urge you to call for public hearings. 

Sincerely,

Name       ____________________

Address   ____________________

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