Child Victim's Voice

Make a call

Please urge the Delaware State House of Representative to expose predators and protect children by passing the Child Victim's Act. Ask your Delaware State Representative to help keep children safe from sexual predators.

Sample call scripts -- quick links
1. Script for a sample call to the legislator in your Delaware voting district.

2. Script for a sample call to a Delaware legislator who is not in your district.

3. If you're not from Delaware, but you are motivated to call and help children, here is a script for a sample call to Delaware legislator.

Find contact info for your Delaware senator or representative:
REPRESENTATIVE

Not sure who your legislator is? Click here. (State site)

Please read: Important info about calling legislators.

Make sure to state your name, address and indicate that you are a constituent.

Remember, you will usually be speaking with a secretary or aide who is keeping track of pro and con positions on a bill or issue, so the call will last a very short time. Keep the phone call under five minutes, unless the aide or legislator prolongs the conversation.

Since conversations are brief: be prepared! Plan ahead what you want to talk about.

Give the name of the legislation, the Child Victim's Act, S.B. 29.

State clearly that you support S.B. 29 and how you want the legislator to vote.

Include a statement about how the issue affects you personally.

Listen to the legislator's point of view. Be polite. Don't threaten.

Do not lie or try to talk your way around questions to which you do not know the answers. Say that you will get back to the legislator or aide, and then do so.

Take down the name of the aide with whom you spoke so that you will have a contact person in case you need to contact the legislator again.

Thank them for their time, both on the telephone and with a note of thanks for the conversation that includes a concise summary of your opinion.

Do not call too often and risk becoming a nuisance.

Script for a sample call to your Delaware State Representative.

My name is [NAME]. I'm a constituent of [legislator's name] from [name your address/location]. I'm calling Representative [NAME] today because I want to voice my strong support for Senate Bill 29, the Child Victim's Act. I was very glad to hear that the Senate passed the Child Victim's Act on April 4. Senate Bill 29 is important to me personally because [list reasons, including wanting to protect your children by exposing sexual predators and anyone that harbored them]. To be effective we must pass the bill without amendment.

Thank you very much for your time. Please let Representative [NAME] know how strongly I feel about the need to pass Senate Bill 29 without amendments."

Note to callers: Please send us a quick e-mail to let us know you've spoken up for children. info@childvictimsvoice.com.

2. Script for a sample call to a Delaware legislator who is not in your district.

"Hello,

My name is [NAME]. I'm a Delaware voter from [name your address/location]. I'm calling Representative [NAME] today because I want to voice my strong support for Senate Bill 29, the Child Victim's Act. I was very glad to hear that the Senate passed the Child Victim's Act on April 4.

Senate Bill 29 is important to me personally because [list reasons, including wanting to protect your children by exposing sexual predators and anyone that harbored them]. To be effective we must pass the bill without amendment.

Thank you very much for your time. Please let Representative [NAME] know how strongly I feel about the need to pass Senate Bill 29."

Note to callers: Please send us a quick e-mail to let us know you'e spoken up for children. info@childvictimsvoice.com.

3. If you're not from Delaware, but you are motivated to call and help children, here is a script for a sample call to Delaware legislator.

"Hello,

My name is [NAME]. I'm from [name your location]. I'm calling Representative [NAME] today because I want to voice my strong support for Senate Bill 29, the Child Victim's Act. I was very glad to hear that the Senate passed the Child Victim's Act on April 4.

Delaware has a chance to enact the strongest law in the nation to protect innocent children from sexual abuse. This law can be the blueprint for other states to follow so at long last, all children in the United States will finally have their full civil rights.

[If you have friends in the legislative district who are supporters of S.B. 29, name them and note this fact]

Thank you very much for your time. Please let Representative [NAME] know how strongly I feel about the need to pass Senate Bill 29."

Note to callers: Please send us a quick e-mail to let us know you'e spoken up for children. info@childvictimsvoice.com.