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Step one is finding the delegates and state senators willing to put their neck on the line and sponsor them. We then have to work with that person into the legislative process, and get the bill introduced and assigned to a committee. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From there, it is nose counting. If the committee members support it, and bring it out, then more nose counting is necessary to see if there are enough votes to win within the first house of the vote. At any step along the way, if there is not, then we have to target the key votes. That is achieved by specific literature drops in the districts where they live. The idea is to generate a sufficient quantity of phone calls to make that legislator realizes the people are both watching, and support the measure. (I will help word the letters in any location where we need to do drops.) </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Of course, it is going to take some funding--if only for the pieces to be printed. For each bill/resolution, a local organization should raise about $25 per legislator (to copy and mail support info to them by overnight or priority--depending on the circumstances). For each needed "swing vote" on a committee or on the floor, at least $500 should be raised. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In addition, some DEPENDABLE people have to be recruited for the literature drops. They need to hit, and hit hard, in time for recipients of the letter to follow the instructions on it (call the member, send a letter, etc.). </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This brings up the subject of fundraising--and building a coalition. It is one thing to have a good idea--another entirely to win at the state level. If the issue is "gun rights," then we have to organize all the sportsman's groups that might contribute to both the financial and the leg work aspects of winning. I have seen 5 people drop 40,000 pieces of literature in 3 days -- but that requires a very small state geographically, and a serious plan to hit the population centers/voters where the most pieces can be handed out in the shortest time possible. The printing has to be on schedule. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So to be a state leader in one or more of these efforts, you need to check printer pricing and their work load, build a "core" team, and do some fundraising groundwork. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If those elements come together, and the bill sponsor is located, we have a fighting chance of passing one or more bills in YOUR state. If you are interested in tackling a project in your state, let me know ASAP. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>More later. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>H.B.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>