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1. Make Personal Contact: Before a legislative session begins, make appointments to speak with your state delegates and senators while they are still in your community. If possible, make additional appointments to visit them in Charleston.

2. Stay in Touch: During the year, stay in touch with your legislators. Get them involved. Invite them to your organizations’ functions and introduce them to the audience. When possible, invite them to participate in some part of the event (such as have them present an award to a 4-H member). Recognize their contributions (such as acknowledge their role in securing funding for a community project your organization supported).

3. Know How to Reach Them: Do you know the names of your state delegates and senators? Do you know their local telephone numbers? Do you have the telephone numbers for their offices in Charleston?

• Find their names and numbers by phone:
  — In your phone book, find the County Government section. Locate the listing: County Clerk. Then, find the number of the Voter Registration Office. Ask personnel in that office about your area’s state officials. They will give you the names you need. You will find the officials’ local numbers in the residential section of your phone book.
  — If you need the officials’ Charleston telephone numbers, call the toll-free number of West Virginia’s Legislative Information Office at 1-877-565-3447.
• Find their names and numbers on the Web:
  —Try the official West Virginia State Web portal.
  *If you only need legislators’ Charleston numbers, go straight to the site’s State Phone Directory.
  —Try the official West Virginia Legislature Web portal.
  *If you first need legislators’ names, select Senate (or House of Delegates); then select the tab for Members; and click on the district map, or by typing in their zipcode. The map will lead you to legislators’ names, local telephone numbers, Charleston numbers, Capitol office addresses, and other details.

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