We live through what can be called interesting times, and one of the questions that many people ask: “What can I do?” One answer to this question – regardless of the side of the political spectrum in which it is located – is to contact your federal or local representatives and inform them of what you feel, through social media, texts, emails or phone calls.
Even if you (like me) can feel a little tension over the actual summoning of your government representatives, this should not prevent you from allowing the people you voted (or against) knowing what their voters think. There are many websites online and mobile applications that can help, by allowing us to communicate, help us know what problems are, or present a actual text program to follow it when we make this call.
Here are some resources that you can use to contact your representatives on the issues that interest you.
The best place to start is perhaps from the source: USA. This site (which was still active at the time of writing this report) allows you to enter your address to find out who are federal, state officials, and declarations. Once you get the menu, you can click each name to know their partisan affiliation, the main address, phone number, email address, web site, contact information on Facebook and X. You can also click on a button to immediately send an email.
To find information about what is going on in Congress, a good place to start is Congress. Gov, where you can get a thicker when every bill is presented, passes the Senate, passes the Senate, goes to the president, and is finally signed – assuming that it gets this limit. You can see a summary of each invoice, the actual text, the official address, any proposed adjustments, the participating sponsors, the associated committee, and any relevant bills. You can also find relevant resources, and you can send comments on the draft law to the members of the Senate or the representative of Congress. In other words, this is a great resource to find out exactly what works with them.
Govtrack confirms a less formal educational source, and one does not actually sponsor the government, “We are following the activities of the United States Conference to help you be the best defender of the issues you care about and create more open and responsible government.” The site, which was launched in 2004, allows you to Knowing what are the bills, and what is directed, which is followed by people who use the site. It also allows you to know the last voices in Congress, including small plans that show the number of Republicans and Democrats who voted in favor of a specific issue. There is a page of analyzes of what is going on, and what can be expected. You can create a follow -up menu for specific invoices or members of Congress – so while govtrack.us does not provide a direct way to contact your representatives, it gives you a lot of information to talk to them.
Democracy.io is a basic website that says it only wants to facilitate people to send an email to their representatives. You have put your address, and I got a list of your federal representatives: members of the Senate and Representatives of Congress. You can check the ones you want to contact, and you will give you a model through which you can put an address, message, name and your communication information, and a solid list of the topic you write (which can differ, depending on the specific actor). And that’s all! No boredom, no muss.
The five -call application logo is “Make your voice audible: spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls.” Available for both iOS and Android phones, the purpose of this application is to facilitate the summons of your actor’s office, which confirms that it is much more effective than emails or text. (Note: 5 calls clearly tend to the political left.)
Begin by entering your address or postal code to determine who your representatives are. This leads to a list of the most important issues of the day, whose topics such as weapons, migration, or government control. Once you choose a specific problem, you are provided with a brief founder, along with a list of actors you must contact. Select a name, and you will get a phone number to click it with a full text program to read from. Once you call your call, you can inform the application if no one is available, if you leave an audio mail, or if you call.
I used 5 calls to call my representatives, left a message with an employee, after the text program, then add a comment or two of my country. As an uncomfortable person to contact political officials, this was a victory for me. And if you are truly Uncomfortable to talk to strangers on the phone? The application indicates that you call after working hours and leave an audio mail instead.
Rise.bot allows you, according to its description, to convert “your texts into mail, mail or email messages to your representatives in minutes.” In other words, the idea is to make it as simple as possible to send your concerns.
You start sending the word “resistance” via Apple, messor, Instagram, Telegram, or via text. Once you make a connection, you can choose to write a letter, using AI to write a letter (using the COPILOT app), signing a petition or contributing to the app to get fax and mail.
I chose artificial intelligence, and asked for a link to a relevant news article, an opinion article or a bill for Congress. Then I asked for my position on this problem, and after a minute or two, he created the like PDF from an email. Then the application said that I can respond with any desirable changes or click “Good”. Although the message was completely readable – as soon as it made it bigger on my phone – it seemed as if it would take some time to determine the many changes that I wanted to make. So she retreated by writing “stop”, and she was given the opportunity to try again or write something manually. I chose the latter, and told him that I wanted to send him to Senators, and I was called to start writing. Once my text is ready, I was asked about my name (first, finally), phone number, address, and choice between sending it via first mail or fax (each cost a number of “metal currencies”), or email (which was free). Soon after, I got a text with a copy of what was sent.
In short, Resist.bot is a good idea, and it may work for those who are the most comfortable text messages than making a phone call or writing an email. I would like to recommend that if you use Resist.bot, you are committed to custom messages, because when you do text messages, it may be embarrassing to write – and correct – a longer idea.
Of course, contacting the elected actors does not exclude the patterns of protest or other communication. But if we expect our representatives to represent us, we will need to make sure they know what we feel about today’s issues. Any tool that helps us do so is welcome.
February 7, 2025: This article was originally published on February 5, 2025, and it was updated to clarify how Rise.bot works.
