Aug. 22 · Soft Secession
Who you are contacting
Your state senator and your state representative
What you are asking for
That they file this bill in your state.
The call to action as published on Aug. 22
The Trump administration cut federal victim services grants in 2025. North Carolina State Senator Woodson Bradley has the fix: Senate Bill 719, the North Carolina Victims of Crime Assistance Act, paid for by criminal court costs and marriage license fees instead of taxes, and any state legislator can file the same bill.
Who you are contacting: your state senator and your state representative. Find them at OpenStates by entering your address, and each listing includes email and phone.
What you are asking for: that they file this bill in your state.
How: email, a call, or a printed letter if you want it on someone’s desk. If you get a form reply or a non-answer, that counts as a no: you can write back once and ask the question again.
When you write or call, cover these points in your own words, because a legislative office reads a hundred identical messages as one message and a letter that sounds like a constituent as a hundred:
Your name and where you live in their district
Your state lost the same federal victim services funding that every state did
North Carolina’s Senate Bill 719 replaces part of it with criminal court costs and marriage license fees, and it raises no taxes
Why this matters to you
Whether they will file the same bill, and when you can follow up