Congress Blocking E-mails

so much for democracy and freedomz - just a traveler

You elected them! They represent you! Yet some lawmakers have set up technology to block your messages! They say the messages you send through organized campaign sites are spam.

Congressional offices began to adopt new software that blocks the delivery of email their constituents send from a wide range of nonprofit organization websites.

The Internet has opened up democratic communication between millions of Americans and their elected representatives. This new, higher level of participation should be welcomed, not disabled. This new technology, launched just a short while ago and already in use by more than 30 Representatives, requires you to answer a "logic puzzle" question before you can submit a comment.

This is designed to limit communications to only those constituents who go directly to the lawmaker's own website to send a message.

Unorganized individuals will be able to talk to their representatives, but people who wish to communicate as part of a movement through nonprofit organizations were blocked. A wide array of organizations - left and right - came together to oppose this with one voice.

Visit Don't Block My Voice to send a letter to your representative.

https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1161