Common Tactics
- Petitions—From the public or from a specific constituency (e.g. Coalition sign-on letter)
- Photo petition (can also put on social media!)
- Letter writing (letters, postcards, or emails)
- Submit comments during public comment period
- Call their office
- In-person! (One-on-one or group meeting with other partners/stakeholders)
- Lobby Day at the Capitol
- In-district meetings
- Town hall events
- Bird-dogging (seek out decision-makers or candidates wherever they are speaking publicly, then pin them down with specific questions or information, and retrieve their views)
- Go out in the field with the decision-maker, show them a threatened landscape