Contact your legislators to share why you support a Convention of States and ask them to vote "yes" on HCR 1.
You can find your House Representatives' contact information here and your Senator's contact information here.
When you speak with them, share your reasons for supporting a Convention of States. Ask them to vote "yes" to HCR1, and email our State Communications Coordinator to let us know their response.
If they share a concern or a question that you do not yet know the answer, email to let me know that as well. Tell your legislator you will follow up with an email. I will provide you with a link or more to help relieve their concerns.
You can email or call, but an in person visit is most effective.
If you are able to meet in person and are able to print, please select one of the sheets below to bring with you. Most of these are one page, double sided.
If you can print off these 7 handouts and the map, great!
If you can print off one of them, great! If you only give one, then please follow up with an email with the rest. Thank you!
The goal is to give them a solid foundation on Article V so they feel confident in supporting HCR1.
If your Legislators are unable to meet in person and you are emailing them, please share these links in your one email:
1. Why a State Should Adopt an Article V Application for A Convention of States if It Has Already Adopted a Balanced Budget Amendment Application
By Michael Farris, JD, LLMA
2.The Myth of a Runaway Amendments Convention
By Robert Natelson
3. How the Courts have clarified the Constitution's Amendment Process
By Robert Natelson
4. Five Myths About An Article V Convention
By Rita Peters, Esq. National Legislative Strategist for Convention of States Action
5. An Article V Convention Is Not a Constitutional Convention
By Ken Quinn, Regional Director for the Convention of States Project
6. How We have learned More and More About the Constitution's "Convention for Proposing Amendments"
By Robert Natelson
7. A Solution As Big As The Problem
By Michael Farris
8. This image shows the party line supporters of the 19 states that have passed. This shows that Convention of States is non-partisan.
To keep you in the loop, all the House Reps have already received the postcard below in the mail. Hopefully this will give you a warm market when contacting.