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Write an Election Letter to the Editor this week!

by Dave Newton last modified October-20-2011 02:48 AM

Ashland The Daily Independent
Barbourville Mountain Advocate
Bardstown The Kentucky Standard
Benton Tribune Courier
Bowling Green The Daily News
Corbin Corbin News Journal
Corbin Corbin Times Tribune
Covington The Kentucky Post
Covington The Kentucky Enquirer
Cynthiana Cynthiana Democrat
Danville The Advocate Messenger
Elizabethtown The News-Enterprise
Frankfort State Journal
Georgetown Georgetown News-Graphic
Glasgow Glasgow Daily Times
Greensburg Greensburg Record-Herald
Harlan The Harlan Daily Enterprise
Henderson The Gleaner
Hindman Troublesome Creek Times
Lawrenceburg The Anderson News
Lexington Lexington Herald-Leader
London The Sentinel-Echo
Louisa Big Sandy News
Louisville Eccentric Observer
Louisville The Courier-Journal
Maysville The Ledger-Independent
Morehead The Morehead News
Murray Murray Ledger & Times
Nicholasville The Jessamine Journal
Owensboro Owenboro Messenger-Inquirer
Paducah The Paducah Sun
Paintsville The Paintsville Herald
Pikeville Applachian News Express
Prestonsburg Floyd County Times
Richmond Richmond Register
Russellville News Democrat & Leader
Somerset Commonwealth Journal
Springfield The Springfield Sun
Whitesburg The Mountain Eagle
Williamstown Grant County News
Winchester Winchester Sun

    One week from today is the deadline to submit letters to the editor to the Herald-Leader in support of specific candidates and is also likely to be considered the deadline to submit other letters pointed at the election, such at talking about election issues or non-partisan voter mobilization issues.   It's also likely to be close to the deadline for other newspapers.

    In the Herald, letters of support can be no more than 150 words and must be received by 5pm on Wednesday, October 26th.  You can email letters to the editor to hleditorial@herald-leader.com or use their convenient online form at www.kentucky.com/369

   The Courier Journal's online form is online here.  and you can find links to other KY newspapers in the side bar. 

    Writing a letter to the editor is a simple and easy way to reach thousands of Kentuckians and help to educate, organize, and build awareness around the issues that we care about.  It's an effective way to let decision-makers and the community at-large know how you feel about important issues and candidates.  Even very short letters can be powerful, so write one today!

   Your letter to the editor should be:
- Brief (250 words or fewer, depending on the paper), easy to read, and to the point.  Some of the best letters are just a couple of sentences long.
- Focused on one issue, and maybe even one angle of a particular issue.
- Supported by key facts.
- Personal. Describe how you are affected or why you care about this issue.
- A call to action. What do you want decision-makers and members of the public to do?


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30-40 Letters! Great work!

Posted by Dave at October-27-2011 01:39 PM
For the record, my best honest guess is that 30-40 KFTC members sent in election-related letters to the editor by the 5pm deadline yesterday. Great work, folks. They'll start to dribble into papers all across the Commonwealth between now and Nov 8th.

If you missed the deadline, you should go ahead and send a letter in, but don't count on it necessarily being published before the election. You could call upon the next Governor to do the right thing on Mountaintop Removal Mining and if it gets published after the election, it's just as good as before.