Those having been elected to a government office include Jim Bunning, J.C. Watts, Bill Bradley, Steve Largent, and Jack Kemp. Former NFL great Alan Page is an associate justice for the Minnesota Supreme Court. Lastly, news correspondents and entertainment reporters are known to possess business cards. Many of these individuals are high profile individuals and either do not have them or are not known for their generosity in giving them away especially in response to mail requests. Typically the response time ranges from 30 to 60 days but can stay out as long as 120 days.
Many requests go unanswered for whatever reason.
Generally speaking, the appearances of these cards are usually plain and unremarkable and usually will contain the logo of the news agency or program. I have business cards belonging to Connie Chung, Sam Donaldson, Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, David Brinkley, Pat O'Brien, Curt Gowdy and Mike Wallace to mention a few. We have learned who can be expected to have business cards. From experience, there are a number of observable signing practices we can collectively refer to as signature etiquette. Initially, many people may respond to a request to autograph a business card by signing the back of the card.