Elected officials are supposed to listen to us. Make them.

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By Ask Umbra®May 2, 2017, 6:00 am56 pts
The big hitch in representative democracy is that it’s sometimes hard to get your elected reps to do what you want them to do. Recently, for instance, a lot of Republican officials have been dinged for refusing to hold in-person town meetings, or for ignoring their constituents’ concerns (like climate…

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