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Please don't write a letter. It accomplishes nothing.

We need to call our congressman and speak to whomever is on the line, with our voices. Not pens or keyboards.

When your congressman asks his staff "What have the public been calling about?" (which he asks regularly), then there's a good chance that SOPA will be mentioned.

But only if you call your congressman!

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What evidence is there concerning the relative efficacy of emails, paper letters, and phone calls?

from speaking to staffers (i live in the DC area). They are generally young 20-somethings whose job it is to answer the phones, tally the e-mails & letters, and report on it to the congresscritters; they are generally unanimous on a few points:

1) that the congresspeople care and notice if an issue is getting a lot of attention from constituents 2) that this is something they usually ask about every day 3) that phone calls are generally more influential than letters, which are generally more influential than e-mails -- but it depends on how each office handles their inbounds.

Why not write a letter, send an email, and make a phone call?

yes, doing all of the above is best :)

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