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E-Democracy: Legislative-Constituent Communications in Minnesota and Wisconsin
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10. Which of the following describes how your office handles constituents communications? ___ I read all messages sent regardless of how the message is sent ___ I read some messages completely, and read summaries prepared by my staff for the rest of the correspondence. ___ I read all personally written communications and my staff gives me general summaries of how sentiment on certain issues seems to be running from the other types of communication received. ___ other (please describe) _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 11. Is a tally kept of how many constituents take a particular position on an issue when they communicate with your office? ___ yes ___ no 12. Do you collect the e-mail addresses of constituents for future use? ___ yes ___ no ___ not usually 13 . Are there particular types of communications that you prefer not to conduct by e-mail? ___ yes ___ no 13a. If yes, what are they? ______________________________________ 14. Which of the following best describes your feelings about e-mail and your job as a legislator? Please check all that are consistent with your own ideas. ___ I believe I hear from more of my constituents because of e-mail ___ people who send e-mails have less of a commitment to an issue than those people who write me about the issue ___ e-mail is one of the best innovations in recent years for improving communications between legislators and constituents ___ e-mail is useful, but at times I wish it had never been invented. ___ at times, e-mail from constituents has overwhelmed my office staff ___ The message a constituent gives me is more important than the method they used to send it. 15. Please provide any thoughts you have regarding constituents communicating with legislators. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
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| | Authors: Alperin, Davida. and Schultz, David. |
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10. Which of the following describes how your office handles constituents
communications?
___ I read all messages sent regardless of how the message is sent
___ I read some messages completely, and read summaries prepared by my
staff for
the rest of the correspondence.
___ I read all personally written communications and my staff gives me general
summaries of how sentiment on certain issues seems to be running from the
other types of communication received.
___ other (please describe) _________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
11. Is a tally kept of how many constituents take a particular position on an issue
when they communicate with your office? ___ yes ___ no
12. Do you collect the e-mail addresses of constituents for future use?
___ yes ___ no ___ not usually
13 . Are there particular types of communications that you prefer not to conduct
by e-mail? ___ yes ___ no
13a. If yes, what are they? ______________________________________
14. Which of the following best describes your feelings about e-mail and your job
as a legislator? Please check all that are consistent with your own ideas.
___ I believe I hear from more of my constituents because of e-mail
___ people who send e-mails have less of a commitment to an issue than those
people
who write me about the issue
___ e-mail is one of the best innovations in recent years for improving
communications
between legislators and constituents
___ e-mail is useful, but at times I wish it had never been invented.
___ at times, e-mail from constituents has overwhelmed my office staff
___ The message a constituent gives me is more important than the method they
used to send it.
15. Please provide any thoughts you have regarding constituents
communicating with legislators.
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________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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