• Thou shall reg­is­ter and vote; you must be in the game to play!
• Thou shall know the play­ers;  your own leg­is­la­tors, the com­mit­tee chairs, leg­isla­tive lead­er­ship, LRC staff and the Exec­u­tive Branch Sec­re­taries, Com­mis­sion­ers and staff.
• Thou shall know your issue well and relate that issue to your leg­is­la­tors in light of oth­er emerg­ing and press­ing concerns.
• Thou shall make avail­able accu­rate, spe­cif­ic infor­ma­tion to your leg­is­la­tors and oth­er con­stituents in a time­ly fashion!
• Thou shall be cre­ative in build­ing coali­tions and part­ner­ships around shared interests.
• Thou shall edu­cate and involve oth­ers in our cause, work­ing to “put a face” on the issue.
• Thou shall be will­ing to compromise.
• Thou shall stay in touch with your leg­is­la­tors all the time — not just dur­ing the session.
• Thou shall be a reli­able and trust­ed source of information.
• Thou shall nev­er give up…there’s always the next session!
• MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT:  Thou shall treat the leg­is­la­tor or pol­i­cy-mak­er as you would want to be treated!

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