Martin Heinrich's First Conference Call Town Hall Meetings

In a society where everyone is busy and does not have all of the time in the world to go to one central location our younger congressmen are turning to technology to include voters in the active process of government. Conference Calls have been around for a while now and are widely used in the business world everyday as a way to get people who live in distant communities together without needing a large conference room or making people travel long distances which takes time and money.

Congressman Heinrich of the New Mexico first congressional district is now using that technology as a way to get large amounts of feedback from the people living in his congressional district. Rather than Congressman Heinrich having to travel around his congressional district only being about to reach out to a limited number of individual for a very limited amount of time when it comes to important issues such as healthcare reform he is now able to speak to as many as 5,000 people that live in a large geographic area who can listen in from their own home and can also ask questions on issues that concern them. This is just one method to contact voters but it is including large groups of individuals who otherwise would be unable to speak directly with their congressman.

Clearly with a result of 5,000 individuals on the line Congressman Heinrich’s first conference call town hall meeting was a complete success. The Congressman was very pleased with the results and since the call was recorded individuals who missed the town hall meeting can still listen to the recording.

Listen to Representative Martin Heinrich’s health care telephone town hall