Digital Smarts - Townhall on Facebook – A New Way to Reach Your Representatives

One of Facebook's new tools, Town Hall, allows you to find out who your local, state, and federal representatives are. You can get to it by visiting facebook.com/townhall, or on a desktop, you will find it under the "Explore" section of your News Feed , and on mobile devices you will find it in the menu of the Facebook app. You will need to submit your address — which Facebook says it will use only for civic engagement tools, not for advertising purposes — to get full information on your representatives. From there, you can contact your elected representatives directly with a single click, by calling the first number listed on the official's Facebook page (if you're on the social network's mobile app), or by sending an email or a Facebook message. The ability to contact to your political representatives will also be integrated into the News Feed, according to Facebook. When you like or comment on a post that has been published by an elected official you follow, you will also be given the option to contact that representative directly.