Accountability by e-mail Eventually, citizens with questions like those can pose them directly to lawmakers who sponsor such bills, Tabella said. Users will be able to send e- mail to legislators simply by clicking on their names, which appear next to their bills, and typing a message. However, very few legislators actually have e-mail addresses right now. But the Secretary's office is exploring ways of offering e-mail to them, he said. Besides the bills and laws, the government section has a Web page for each state legislator, complete with contact information and a small portrait.
Users can search for the lawmakers by district or by name.
But there is still some work to be done on the Web site. While the site is chock-full with terrific resources, getting to them can be frustrating. Attractive pictures and graphics adorn many of the Web pages, but that slows their travel to your computer. Other menus require similar download times. And to read or search the section where House and Senate bills are listed, one must download two huge files, which took about 15 minutes total.