The Resistance Writes!

Join in writing postcards to GOTV (“Get Out The Vote!”)!

Join Indivisible Ventura’s efforts to write postcards to Michigan voters here.

Updated: 5/21/20

GOTV Postcard Campaigns for Democratic Candidates

Know of new campaigns doing postcarding to voters? Email us at postcardparties@gmail.com

Want a short URL for this document? https://tinyurl.com/Dem-GOTV-Postcards

A. Postcarding Campaigns

Postcards to Voters www.postcardstovoters.org writes postcards to voters in various states, as well as postcards encouraging voter registration. Women’s March Action is working to defeat Mitch McConnell and win back his Kentucky Senate Seat! Let’s go all-in at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/women-ditch-mitch-postcards

Grassroots Democratic Headquarters is sending postcards to two California districts to defend the seats of TJ Cox (CA-21) and Gil Cisneros (CA-39), as well as to flip a Sentate seat in Colorado. Sign up at https://tinyurl.com/GDHQ-Post-Card-From-Home.
TJ Cox (CA-21) addresses can also be obtained by writing to Mary.Boergers@yahoo.com

Postcards to WI is sending postcards to WI and MI, two vital swing states, to help increase turnout for the Nov 3 election. Join them at https://www.postcards2wi.com Lisa Arnold for State Rep is running in Massachussetts’ 17th Middlesex District, with a primary election on Sept 1st. Postcards are being written through the end of July and beginning of August, and you can get addresses by requesting them from amy@thepond.com and you can learn more about Lisa here: https://lisaforstaterep.com/policies

Reclaim Our Vote https://actionnetwork.org/forms/reclaim-our-vote-signup focuses on contacting voters of color in voter-suppression states to help them register and vote.

Vote Forward http://votefwd.org/ runs letter-writing efforts in a variety of states, both to register voters and to help candidates. Vote Forward connects volunteers with voters from under-represented demographics to encourage them to participate in elections. In randomized trials, voters who’ve received a such a letter were significantly more like to vote.

You can choose from a number of campaigns, including +34,000 addresses still available in Wisconsin. However, there are over 647,000 address available in Texas, over 600,000 in Florida and 200,000 in Georgia.

Sign up and create an account here and adopt some voters. Vote Forward will send you letters to send and you’ll personalize them and send them on. We’ve included one of their graphics so you’ll have an idea of how the process works. You will need a printer.

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Commit to Flip Blue is sending postcards to newly registered Democrats in Arizona to encourage them to vote in November and win a Senate seat. Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/y8vom7s8

Flip The West https://www.flipthewest.com focuses on postcarding in elections in the western half of the USA. You can sign up to postcard with them here https://www.flipthewest.com/postcardathome or here https://www.mobilize.us/flipthewest/event/270046/ For addresses in small batches, write to Johanna@flipthewest.com

Sister District https://www.sisterdistrict.com/volunteer/ is reaching out to low-propensity voters to encourage them to vote in in their primaries, and they are also helping to GOTV in a number of state level races in order to help combat gerrymandering. Swing Left https://swingleft.org/p/vrbm is writing letters to encourage people to register to vote.

B. Where to get postcards, stamps, etc.

A handy list of where to get voter-themed postcards, blank postcards, stamps, markers, washi tape, and other postcarding supplies is here: https://tinyurl.com/where-get-postcards

Disclaimer: Please note that some of these postcarding efforts are being spearheaded by groups other than the candidate themselves.

Know of new campaigns doing postcarding to voters? Email us at postcardparties@gmail.com

Join in writing letters to under-represented voters!

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What: Please Vote Georgia 2020 – Letter writing party: GOTV/Fight voter disenfranchisement in GA campaign.
This campaign targets traditionally under-represented registered voters in Georgia who we believe are unlikely to move soon, but may be unlikely to vote. By encouraging under-represented voters get to the polls in Georgia, we can ensure that the electorate reflects the true preferences of the state’s people. Our goal of increasing voter turnout in November. Come for as long or as little as you want – training is available on site
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