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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Below is a draft email you might use to contact your legislators. Feel free to fill it in as necessary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Blank: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My name is blank, and I am writing to request that you sponsor one of five bills which are briefly described below. I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind of Montana (NFB-MT). We advocate statewide for blind Montanans. You can read more about the NFB-MT at <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://www.nfbofmt.org">www.nfbofmt.org</a></span>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our bills solve problems for blind Montanans and others with disabilities. Representative Mary Caferro submitted the initial bill concepts to the Legislative Council on our behalf, and now we need legislators to champion the bills. Members like me from the NFB-MT will help you work with the Legislative Council to complete the bill drafts and to shepherd them through the legislative process. We will provide testimony, guidance, and support as necessary, and we will happily follow your leadership.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is what we have submitted to the Legislative Council:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LC2761 12/05/2018 Mary Caferro (D) HD 81 (C) Draft Request Received 12/05/2018 Prohibition of subminimum wages for workers with disabilities <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LC2762 12/05/2018 Mary Caferro (D) HD 81 (C) Draft Request Received 12/05/2018 Establishment of accessible electronic alternative for mail voting <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LC2763 12/05/2018 Mary Caferro (D) HD 81 (C) Draft Request Received 12/05/2018 Provide that ballots for voters with disabilities be same form used by all <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LC2764 12/05/2018 Mary Caferro (D) HD 81 (C) Draft Request Received 12/05/2018 Establish penalties for malicious or negligent injury or death of service animal <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LC2765 12/05/2018 Mary Caferro (D) HD 81 (C) Draft Request Received 12/05/2018 Protect rights of blind parents in family law<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please feel free to contact me by mail, telephone, or e-mail. I look forward to hearing back from you soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Your Name<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Member, National Federation of the Blind of Montana<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Address<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joy Breslauer, First Vice President and Public Policy Committee Chair <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Montana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Web Site: <a href="http://www.nfbofmt.org/">http://www.nfbofmt.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Live the life you want</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>