To expand on this, calling and complaining to the intern at your local reps office is lobbying. Asking your school board member to consider adding more snow day

To expand on this, calling and complaining to the intern at your local reps office is lobbying. Asking your school board member to consider adding more snow days when you see them at church is lobbying. Lobbying is any time anyone seeks to influence an elected official. It is not inherently good nor bad.