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OFA: Tweet Your Senator

img_tweet_your_senatorMore and more, it’s becoming clear that Twitter is a viable tool for grassroots organizing and issue advocacy – Organizing for America (the DNC) has jumped on board this week with a new tool that encourages people to contact their Senators through Twitter to voice their support for health insurance reform.

It’s simple. Enter your zip code, and a tweet is automatically generated and directed to your senator – including hashtags that allow the tweets to be cataloged and tracked. The public nature of Twitter – along with the ability for anyone on the service to track and engage with others using the provided hastags – could make this more effective than more private forms of constituent communication (calls, letters, emails). It’s a way to make your voice heard – not only by your Senator’s office, but by anyone and everyone who can see your Twitter feed.

How effective will this be? Too early to tell. Stay tuned.

- Jenny Towns

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