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Advocates’ Toolkit

. . . are found when everyone works together to build them. Taking your first steps to speak out? Long-time mover and shaker? Either way, you’ll find tools and tips on this page that are useful, and (sometimes) fun and interactive. Give ‘em a try!

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Know Your Officials

Most elected officials listen carefully when someone from their own district contacts them — especially a voter. If you don’t know who represents you, you can find out here.

  • Project Vote Smart: a non-partisan “one stop shop.” Enter your zip code to get a list of your elected officials, from Washington, DC, on down to the state House and Senate. Find out who’s in office now, who’s running and more.
  • Online Resources Available for VotersKentuckians have access to multiple online services which will allow voters to prepare for the upcoming general election. Citizens can view sample ballots online, check their voter registration, and obtain driving directions to their polling location - all by visiting the Vote Kentucky! online presence created by the Office of the Secretary of State, with support from the Kentucky State Board of Elections, at:www.vote.ky.gov.
  • The Governor’s Homepage: Click the homepage to get a welcome. Click Contact and you can send the Governor a message. Click Media Room and you can view press releases and even subscribe to get a news “feed” on your computer.
  • www.ky.gov: Find your way around Kentucky state government, using tabs for citizens or business. Health care advocates may want to get familiar with a key executive branch agency: the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. It’s got a page full of toll free hotlines.
  • Kentucky Legislative Research Commission: The LRC has lots of useful stuff on bills, laws, regulations and more. You can find out and contact your:

    • House Members: Look up Representatives district by district, complete with pictures and short bios.

    • Senators: look up Senators, too.
  • Online tool: E-mail Members of the Kentucky General Assembly
  • The phone works too: Toll-free numbers for the General Assembly.

I’m Just a Bill! 

Good stuff here to know how a bill becomes a law:

Be an Online Watchdog

Grab hold of online tools to keep track of bills and regulations, custom-tailored to your topics of interest:

  • Legislative Research Commission: find lawmakers, bills, committee schedules and agendas, research reports and more.
  • Bill watch: a free legislative tracking service offered by Kentucky state government. Enter a profile of your interests. Get email updates automatically when things happen.
  • RegWatch: State agencies make regulations to carry out laws. Set up your profile and see when “regs” that interest you are filed. Good Q&A on the regulation process, too.
  • Kentucky Educational Television: KET provides online video coverage of the Kentucky General Assembly as a public service. During legislative sessions, Senate and House chambers and committee meetings are streamed live.



Media Tools: Make a Public Statement

It’s Your Legislature: Get More Stuff!

These items can help you dig deeper into Kentucky’s legislative process. They come from the Legislative Research Commission.

 

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Kentucky Educational Television has launched a Be Well Kentucky initiative:

" . . . marshaling all of our resources—statewide broadcast, video and multimedia production, web sites, community outreach, school-based services, and partnerships—in a major initiative to improve Kentuckians’ health attitudes and practices and “move the meter” on Kentucky’s poor showing in national health statistics."


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