[Ohio-Talk] Legislative Action Needed

[Barbara Pierce]

Barbara Pierce, President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
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> On Mar 23, 2021, at 1:53 PM, Todd Elzey via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon.  We have been working towards getting the NFB of Ohio's
> Parental Rights Legislation included in this year's Budget as a means of
> ensuring the quickest possible enactment of this legislation. We need every
> member to call on their legislators to support including the Parental
> Rights legislative language in the budget. If we are unable to get the
> proposal in the budget, then we will have to go through the normal
> legislative process, which will undoubtedly take longer.
> 
> So, we are asking that you contact your representative in both the House
> and Senate. If you do not know who your representatives are, you can enter
> your address at https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/ and find out.
> This is an Openstates website and I believe it to be accessible to screen
> readers.
> 
> Attached to this email is a sample letter you can use in writing your
> legislators. Please note that this sample has fields in brackets that must
> be entered by you. Simply delete the bracketed text and insert the
> information that is applicable to you. I have also included my own letter
> to Representative Andrea White as a sample of what a letter can look like.
> 
> I recommend emailing rather than sending the letters via regular mail so
> that the letter reached your representatives in a timely fashion. Each
> House representative's email begins with the letters REP followed by their
> district number followed by @ohiohouse.gov. So in my case when emailing
> Andrea White the email would look like REP41 at ohiohouse.gov. Simply make
> sure that you find which House district you are in when you find out who
> your representative is. Senator's emails are simply the Senator's last name
> followed by @ohiosenate.gov.
> 
> We have a good shot of getting this proposal in the budget if we all write
> our representatives and let them know how important we believe this
> legislation is. So I hope that each of you will take a few minutes to
> contact your representatives as soon as possible.
> 
> Please let either myself (toddelzey at gmail.com) or Eric Duffy (
> peduffy63 at gmail.com) know off-list if you have any questions.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Todd Elzey
> NFB of Ohio Legislative Committee
> <Member Parental Rights Budget Letter.docx><Todd's Letter to Andrea White.docx>_______________________________________________
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