1. STATE ADVOCACY 1)Lobby state legislature for tax equity 2)Join and form coalitions, put NARFE on the map 3)Engage state legislators, future Members of Congress

2. State Advocacy is not Rocket Science

3. Indiana Federation’s NARFE Day @ State House in Indianapolis

4. SC Federation Convention Receives General Assembly Proclamation

5. Coalition Partners

6. The Informed Citizen: Serialized “How To Manual”

8. Governors: Republican, Democrat and Independent

9. State Legislatures: Who’s in Charge

10. GOP Controls Majority of State Legislatures, Governorships

11. 2014 State Legislative Turnover

12. State Revenues: States Are Not Yet out of the Woods

13. Property Taxes: Statewide Median Burden

14. State Population Change Including Net Domestic Migration

15. Two Key Resources for STATE ADVOCACY

16. Resources for FREE

17. Route Fifty: New Venture from Atlantic Media

18. State & Local Government Marketing Finance Webinar: http://web.2.c3.audiovideoweb.com/va91web25043/Marketing/GOV%20- %20Marketing%20Finance%20Webinar%20-%20512015.mp4 http://web.2.c3.audiovideoweb.com/va91web25043/Marketing/GOV%20- %20Marketing%20Finance%20Webinar%20-%20512015.mp4

19. State Legislators Voting Records: Posted by www.votesmart.orgwww.votesmart.org

20. In Maine, VoteTrac Allows Public to Easily Find Legislator’s Votes

21. State Legislative Websites: OpenStates.org is Gateway Resource

22. NARFE’s STATE ADVOCACY WEBSITE

23. Same ZIP Code: Elected Officials of Different Parties

24. NARFE Member Leads Legislature

26. Becoming your Governor’s Pen Pal

27. The Governor Said What?

28. Gubernatorial Elections: 2015 (3), 2016 (12)

29. Governors Races 2015-2016 Cycles: Ratings by Stu Rothenberg

30. 2015 State Legislative Session: Dates and Carryover Rules

32. Virginia Federation: State Legislation Newsletter

33. Full-and Part-Time Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx

34. Average Job Time, Compensation and Staff Size by Category of Legislature

35. Redistricting Commissions

36. States with Redistricting Bills Introduced in 2015 https://www.brennancenter.org/redistricting-laws-roundup-2015 https://www.brennancenter.org/redistricting-laws-roundup-2015

37. Takeaways 1) NARFE members stand to benefit financially from state engagement. Just this year Indiana joins Missouri and Oklahoma where federal retirees save on state income taxes each year. 2) Coalitions in state advocacy help humanize federal retirees by breaking down stereotypes. 3) State legislatures and governorships produce a majority of the current members of Congress 4) Defending existing tax treatment of federal retirement income is becoming an issue in more states.