JB VanHollen for Attorney General

Write a Letter to the Editor

Election Integrity Talking Points

  • Attorney General Van Hollen is committed to protecting the integrity of your vote at the ballot box and has committed Department of Justice resources to cracking down on vote fraud. That is why he helped to convict a criminal in Milwaukee attempting to buy votes from an undercover DOJ agent.
  • Van Hollen supports Voter ID because it will serve as a deterrent to individuals attempting to commit voter fraud.

Tips for Writing a Letter

  • Be sure to provide all your contact information in the spaces provided.  Some editors may have questions about your letter and need to contact you and many papers will not publish a letter without the name, address, and phone number of the author. 
  • Be sure to choose a topic that matters to you.  Passion is important.  The talking points provide an outline of the issue and serve as a starting point to your own letter.  Your letter will have more merit and is more likely to be published if it is in your own words.
  • Focus on relevant issues in the news, particularly those that were recently published in the paper you are writing.  If possible cite a specific article. The more recent your topic made news, the more likely you are to be published.
  • Finally, keep your letter around 250 words.  Wordy dissertations and letters longer than 250 words are never published.  A letter to the editor should be brief and to the point.
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