I’m writing postcards for candidates

So far, I’ve got a couple hundred GOTV postcards coming next week, then in a couple of months, I’ll be writing for Rep. Davids of KS-03 (not my rep, but wish she was!) I’ve signed up with the Harris campaign to write for her, too, as well as phone banking for her close to the election.

For the Harris campaign, one can sign up to volunteer at https://kamalaharris.com/ . When you go there, there will be a cover screen asking for dollar contributions. If this is not what you want or can do, simply close that, then on the home screen, input your info. You’ll go to a page where you can look and choose what you want to do, including the phone banking, walking your neighborhood, postcards and letters, and text banking (I hate those damn things, and I don’t do ’em. But they must work.)

To do the postcards, I’m signed up with a couple of organizations, and just now got this one from John Pavlovitz’s Damn Giver’s Dispatch. It’s Postcards to Swing States, at https://www.turnoutpac.org/postcards/ . Right now, they’re looking for postcard writers for US Reps. Every single seat of the US House is up for election every two years. Currently, the MTG contingent is in semi-control; hence the lack of work performed there. Anyway, here you can choose which district to write for. If you don’t have one close to you, or that you care about, I’ve read that Alaska’s Rep. Peltola can use a boost, but you’ll see a list. The smallest number of postcards offered here is 200. I’ve done 200 before, and they really go faster than it seems as if they would (templates are provided.) But even if you get 10 done, that’s 10 more voters reached on behalf of the candidate. The other active organization sending out postcards for GOTV is MomsRising. You do not have to be a mom to write for them; they don’t ask. But all of us care about moms, and especially the kids, which makes us part of the village. MomsRising offers 20 or 100 postcards, at https://action.momsrising.org/survey/2024_Postcards_May/ . These activities are free to us but for our time! Well, and the ink we use to write.

Here’s hoping we each find the time and energy to do a little something to help Democrats win elections in November. Even simply talking someone up in the grocery line is helpful, and will make a difference. It is vital that we each vote, but it’s also vital that we do a little more. It was never intended that all US citizens had to do about our government was vote. This time it will matter as much as ever!

Thanks for your time.