Calling senators--I need your suggestions. I can't get through to Senator Graham.

[raccoon]

I was unable to get through to Lindsey Graham's office last Thursday, and this morning.
I know the office is closed now, but you'd at least think I could leave a message.

No dice, I got "sorry, the mailbox is full." (Same as I got last Thursday.)

Well, this morning I called the upstate office--Mailbox full. Same with Midlands office.

I send him two emails but I WANT TO LEAVE HIM A PHONE MESSAGE. It's very frustrating.
Don't the staff ever clear out the mailboxes? Or is this a way of saying they don't want to be
bothered?

"Call your Senator/Congressperson" --it sounds so easy, doesn't it?

But if you can't let him/her know what you think, what use is that?

[Sherman A1]

1. Email and Facebook

pages along with Twitter if they are on there. Any attempt is better than none at all.

[Seedersandleechers]

2. Check out this free fax link

It has direct numbers to each congress person and senators. I've heard calling hasn't been successful.

https://faxzero.com

Also this article


https://www.wired.com/2017/02/voters-pestering-reps-newfangled-alternative-fax/

[Botany]

3. call all his local offices in S. Carolina

n/t

[Ohioblue22]

4. twitter?

[SCantiGOP]

5. A good friend of mine is an aide to Graham

And I have known a couple of other folks who worked in home offices for Congressman. Their consensus is that there is a hierarchy of how much attention they pay to contacts:

1-A written letter is almost always in a file that the Congressman actually looks through
2-A phone call is logged and that basic "yes or no" is passed on
3-Comments left on the communications area of the Congressman's website is next
4-Anything that is a part of a bigger effort, such as form letters from an advocacy group, generally do not get much attention.