Lobby for the Gift Ban

Lobby for the Gift Ban

All the resources you need to meet with your legislators about the Gift Ban!

RESOURCES

^Coming soon!

HOW

    • Find your Representative and Senator by clicking here.

    • Call their district office number, and ask to set up a meeting.

    Sample Script:

    Hello, my name is and I’m with MarchOnHarrisburg, a pro-democracy anti-corruption organization. I would love to meet with ____ to discuss The Gift Ban bill this session.

    When are some good times for the legislator to meet?

  • Study the following documents to prepare for the meeting, and please feel free to ask questions on Slack, or email us at info@mohpa.org!

    • Gift Ban Legislative Handout

    • General Counterpoints

    • Research your legislator

  • Invite your friends, family, and neighbors to come to the meeting.

    Don’t want to lobby alone? We have a legislative team who is happy to come to any meetings! Just email us at info@mohpa.org!

  • Report back! Let us know how your lobbying meeting went by filling out this form.

DURING THE MEETING

    • Do be on time or early for the meeting.

    • Do be courteous and respectful with everyone in the office.

    • Do identify clearly the reason you are sitting in front of them and the bill that you want to discuss.

    • Do get personal about why this issue is important to you and how it affects you. Facts are important, but feelings go a long way to changing people’s minds.

    • Do restrict yourself to focusing on a small number of issues.

    • Do remember to listen well, and choose your moments and words wisely.

    • Do remember to be non-partisan.

    • Do remember that your goal is to form a relationship and to convince them to support our bills, and it is ok if you do not agree on everything.

    • Do be a source of hope and courage for your legislator.

    • Do let them know that you will follow up with them.

    • Do give them the legislative handout (linked above)

    • Do record any specific questions about any bills in the reporting form so the legislative committee can follow up.

    • Do not get bogged down in negotiating specific details of the bills with the legislator.

    • Do not get personal about specific politicians or specific political parties.

    • Do not succumb to political tribalism.

    • Do not let your tone marginalize you. Hostility will be met with hostility and the meeting will end.

    • Do not use this time to blow off steam.

    REMEMBER:

    Stay focused, discuss the bill, explain why it is important, and make the following asks:

    Co-Sponsor HB 2433.

    Make a public statement and tell their voters that they support a Foreign Influence Corporate Spending Ban.

    Tell their colleagues and leadership that they support a Foreign Influence Corporate Spending Ban.