So the evil weather that crossed our state yesterday caused a schedule snafu. Sorry I didn't get this posted in April, we will just get two in May.
Beth Silvers, our Legislative Lead, brings us April's Blog on how to get involved in legislative happenings in our state. How many people have already met or contacted their state representatives. Imagine if we were all in our representative personal Rolodex for when health care matters come across their desk. How much of a difference we could make then!?!
Thanks Beth for teaching us how to make the connection.
Advocacy is standing up for what you believe in. Politics is the way it is done. May is time for primaries. This is when each party votes for who they want to represent them on the ballot Nov 6th. Now is the best time to ask questions of each candidate regarding their position on healthcare, Medicaid finances, and diabetes care in schools or any other issue of concern to you. To find who is running in the primaries go to your county board of elections webpage and look for a sample ballot. Then you can link to each candidates’ web page and ask questions or see their position.
To know who is representing you now go to ncleg.net. On the top toolbar to the left you will see “who represents me?” Click on that and type your zip code in the box above the state. We all have Richard Burr and Kay Hagan representing us to the US Senate. Then you will find your Representative to the US House by district. Mine is Patrick McHenry from District 10. Next you will find the senator and representative that you are sending to Raleigh to the General Assembly. All these folks can be found on the webpage ncleg.net. Then you can link to their pages and there you can find what bills they proposed or sponsored and what bills they co-sponsored. Also on ncleg.net you can go to find legislation and type in key words and find any bill related to diabetes or whatever key word you type into the box. Once you read the bill you can see who voted in favor or in opposition to it.
It really is a fun and interested way to track what your representatives are doing.