Your representatives and senators read newspapers across the state every day--especially opinion pages. Reading letters to the editor and editorials is a great way to find out what's on the mind of voters. Write a letter today and tell your Member of Congress to support Clean Elections!

Below are some tips on making your letter as strong as possible.

• Make it relevant. How will Clean Elections affect voters? Connect your story to a local or national scandal if possible. Or relate your letter to a story that appeared in your newspaper recently about a public policy debate or election.
  
  
• Make it short. Most newspapers have a strict policy that letters be 150 words or less.
  
  
• Get to the point. State your point early in the letter and support your point with facts.
  
  
• Keep it simple. Try to avoid technical information and words most people would need a dictionary to understand.
  
  
• Your audience is the reader. Instead of focusing your attention at a reporter, editor, or expert who got it wrong, consider the central point you want people reading the letter to take away.