Contact your representatives
Contacting your representatives is the best way to make your voice heard. Here are ways to do it:
1. Call:
The app 5 calls makes it easy for you to reach your members of congress and make your voices heard! Click on the picture below to find the background on 50 different issues. Judge what is important to you and call! The 5 Calls app provides phone numbers and scripts for each issue so calling is quick and easy!
2. Write or visit in person
Contact Information:
Govenor Josh Shapiro
501 North 3rd Street
508 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2500 Text: (717 788-8990
WRITE TO JOSH SHAPIRO
Representative Lloyd Smucker
Lancaster Office:
2270 Erin Court
Lancaster PA 17601
Phone: (717) 393-0667
Washington DC Office:
302 Cannon House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2411
Senator John Fetterman
Harrisburg Office:
320 Market Street Suite 475E
Harrisburg PA 17101
Phone: (717) 782-3951
Washington DC Office:
142 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4254
Senator David McCormick
Harrisburg Office:
200 North Third Street Suite 14A/14th Floor
Harrisburg PA 17101
(717) 231-7540
Washington DC Office:
SH-702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6324
Write a letter to the editor for your local paper
Click on the picture above to submit a letter to the editor to LNP.
Tips on how to write your letter:
1 – Identify the motivation for the letter in one or two sentences.
- A loss of federal funding for public education would be devastating to the quality of education we have come to expect in Lancaster County.
- A common way to start: I read/saw/watched with interest about the issue that caught your attention. For example:
- I read with interest the article in LNP on Thursday 3-6-25 about the impact cuts to federal education funding would have on Lancaster County school districts, OR:
- I attended a forum on Saturday 3-29-25 with concerned citizens to learn more about the impact cuts to federal education funding would have on Lancaster County school districts.
2 – Explain the issue(s) that underlies this situation. Offer clear examples whenever possible. Keep the 250 word limit in mind. Shorter is generally better. You can use information from the presentation today or personal anecdotes about the importance of public education to you.
3 – Offer a solution, but make it a call to action. For example:
- It’s time to stand up for our students and our public schools. Contact Rep. Smucker and Sen. Fetterman and McCormick to urge them to fight back against cuts to federal funding and to the Department of Education. OR:
- It’s time to stand up for our students and our public schools. Contact Rep. Smucker and Sen. Fetterman and McCormick and urge them to vote no on any federal voucher program. OR:
- It’s time to stand up for our students and our public schools. Attend the Power Interfaith Town Hall at Apostles UCC on 4/27 at 4 p.m. to take action in support of equitable state funding for our public schools, because the federal government may fail them.
VOTE !
Register to Vote
Follow the link below to register to vote in Pennsylvania.
Apply for an Absentee Ballot OR a Mail-In Ballot
Absentee ballots are for people who are out of town on election day or those who have a disability or illness that will keep them from voting at their polling place. Mail-In Ballots are for anyone who would prefer to vote by mail rather than in person at their polling place.
Please note that the application to vote by absentee or mail-in ballot is due by the Tuesday before election day. Your completed ballot needs to be received at the County Elections Office by 8 PM on election day.
Find your polling place
Find your polling place by clicking the button below. Note that you may be required to show identification when voting at your polling place for the first time.