Legislative Action

To e-mail your State Legislator, follow these directions:
Instruction #1 is for e-mailing your own legislators using your home address/zip code.
Instruction #2 is for e-mailing legislators who are not your own legislators.

Instruction #1: TO E-MAIL YOUR OWN LEGISLATOR BASED ON YOUR HOME ADDRESS:

1. Click on the yellow box above and a new window will open. You will be in the Colorado Legislative Action Center. Scroll down to the address blanks.

2. Enter your street address. Spell out words like Street, Drive, Circle, East, North, etc. Click "Go."

3. The names of your State Senator and State Representative will appear as links on the right side of the page.Be sure you select STATE legislators, not U.S. Congressman or U.S. Senators, if you are e-mailing about a bill in the Colorado (State) Legislature. For example, if you are e-mailing about a Colorado legislative issue, do not mail to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet or U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, or U.S. Reps. DeGette, Polis, Salazar, Markey, Lamborn, Coffman, or Perlmutter. They cannot vote on Colorado legislative issues, only on issues before Congress.

4. If you click on these links, you'll get information about each legislator and you can send them messages through the red "Send message" box under their photos, or through the e-mail link to the right of their photos.

5. Specify in the Subject what you want done: Vote Yes on Bill # or Vote No on Bill #.

6. Write your message in complete sentences in a more formal way than you would send an e-mail to a friend or relative. Use our message points if you got them from your local association or CEA. DO NOT PASTE our Action Alert into the message – put the message in your own words.

7. Check grammar and spelling. Use the Spell-Check feature. You can write your message in Word or Notepad and copy-paste it in the Message, if that's easier. "Sign" your full name. Preview your message before sending it.

Instruction #2: TO E-MAIL A LEGISLATOR WHO IS NOT YOUR OWN LEGISLATOR:

1. After you read these instructions, we will direct you to the Legislature's Web site.

2. You will get to a page that reads either House Members-Picklist or Senate Members-Picklist. Legislators' names are down the side and the alphabet across the top. There are a few per page, and to find the one you want, you may have to go to the next page or use the alphabet for the Last Name.

3. Click on the Legislator's Name, wait for the page to open, and click on Member's Home Page. If the legislator has an e-mail address, it will appear in bright blue. Simply click on it and Outlook Express opens up. Say No to the "default" question and a small e-mail form will appear.

4. Specify in the Subject what you want done: Vote Yes on Bill # or Vote No on Bill #.

5. Write your message in complete sentences in a more formal way than you would send an e-mail to a friend or relative. Use our message points if you got them from your local association or CEA. Do not paste our Action Alert into the message – put the message in your own words.

6. Check grammar and spelling. You can write your message in Word or Notepad and copy-paste it into the Message, if that's easier. "Sign" your full name. Proofread your message before sending it.

If the legislator does not have e-mail, write down the Capitol Phone Number so you can call and leave a voice mail message instead. Only a few legislators don't have e-mail.

READY? Click on House or Senate to get started.