| People First of New Hampshire |
Advocacy and Politics |
The purpose of this web page is to help you, no matter what state you live in, to learn how to become more involved and effective with politics and advocate about the issues that concern you most. This web page is meant to make information finding simpler as the links lead directly to the up-to-date Yahoo News: Politics & Elections web pages. NH residents, click here to go directly to the NH General Court where you can search for bills, see the schedule for upcoming hearings, view the state budget and more...
| Click-on the flag to get information about: elections, the candidates, voter registration and where to vote in your state |
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the star to learn about the Legislative process:
1. The 4 basic types of legislation bills. 2. The steps that a bill must go through. |
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Click-on the phone or the mailbox to go to a link where you can get tips on communicating with elected officials. Get ideas on what to say when you telephone. If you want to write a letter, learn how to address it and say what is on your mind. |
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Click-on the question mark to select an issue that concerns you and find out what action is being taken about your concern |
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| Find out the status of current bills in Congress by clicking-on the check-box. |
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Advocate your issues to Congress! Enter your zip code in the space below and click-on "GO" |
Write to your state Legislators! Enter your zip code in the space below and click-on "GO" |
| New Hampshire only: Click-on the capitol building for NH General Court. Search the status of bills and view schedule for upcoming hearings and more. |
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This is what people are saying about this webpage.
In alphabetical order by state:
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From California: "Hey, the site is really terrific. Good work. I used some of the info already to prepare for working with the local chapter I am advisor to on their effort to learn more about the upcoming elections (March for us)." |
Andy Faletti, Advisor Yolo People First, California 916-567-1974 |
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From Massachusetts: "Thank you for the Web-page. It is great, both informative and user-friendly. We will be using it to stay informed." |
Barbara
Cross, Advisor Watch City Self-Advocates Waltham, Massachusetts watchcityselfadv@aol.com |
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From New
Hampshire: "This
is a nice resource! The Disabilities Rights Center's website has a
section on voting, including frequently asked questions about voting
rights. Feel free to direct people to it if you think it would be
useful. |
Julia
Freeman-Woolpert |
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From New Mexico: "I want to thank you for sharing your wonderful new webpage on Advocacy and Politics. It is so timely and extremely informative. I immediately passed it on to many of the people on my listserve in the western states." |
Mike Allen 708 Lexco Road Moriarty, NM 87035 505-832-2110 505-832-2110 (fax) |
We hope you find this page useful. We invite you to email us with your comments. We may contact you to ask your permission to add your comment to this page for other visitors to see. Send us your comments to: info@peoplefirstofnh.org
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