#postcards to swing states

[the-forest-library]

Help Get the Vote Out - US

Sending postcards to encourage registered voters to vote in the upcoming election is an easy way you can help get the vote out from home. I’ve done this through two different organizations: Postcards to Voters and Postcards to Swing States.

With this group, you:

Purchase your own postcards.

Purchase stamps.

Can choose the to send smaller amounts of postcards (e.g, 10).

With this group, you:

Will receive free postcards from the organization.

Purchase stamps.

Send larger amounts of postcards (from what I’ve seen, the minimum is 200, but you can write them over time or get some folks to help you).

Stamps

Buy postcard stamps, not first class stamps - they’re cheaper!

[jomiddlemarch]

US Tumblrians, this is our time to shine! Break out your fine-tip markers and your favorite playlists and beverage of choice and get ready to save democracy-- from your home! If you are under 18, you can still participate!

These postcards have been found to increase voter turnout by about 1.3% which is actually A Big F-ing Deal when you consider the margin of victory in swing states.

States getting postcards (drum roll...): Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin!

In many of these states, there are bills to protect access to reproductive health AS WELL AS the presidential and Senate elections.

You are sent a list of addresses and three templated messages to choose from. You order as few as 200 postcards and the mail date is in October. They also send you the state themed postcards and there are always a few extras for mistakes and keepsakes. I keep a card from every campaign I write for (assuming I have one) in the same album I keep all my holiday photo cards.

Save democracy! Use your voice! You can include children in this and if you have issues with handwriting and the financial leeway, you can simply donate to the organization. If all you can do is reblog this post, that counts too (and if you're not from the US but you still want to reblog this, thanks!)

I'd love to see this post go big, so am tagging some good friends because that's the way we make a difference-- TOGETHER!

Tagging @tessa-quayle @fericita-s @mercurygray @tortoisesshells @asteraceae-blue @amarguerite @aquitainequeen @oldshrewsburyian @artielu @iamstartraveller776 @theburnbarreljester @orlissa and anyone else who is willing!

[labelleizzy]

Hey Check Please family,

I was actually tickled to death, when postcards to swing states sent me a packet of postcards to send to Georgia. And I think of our boy Eric Bittle every so often as I'm writing these things!

I would love to have a recommendation for a fic to read as a reward for finishing doing another batch of postcards I have written 100 so far and I have 200 total to go.

Have you written, or do you recommend, a story set in Georgia or with Eric's parents as an important part of the story, in which his parents are accepting, loving, and willing to change their mind if they had trouble with him being gay in the first place?

This is actually a lot of work. And I have to mail out for October 24th. I'm going to actually go get acetaminophen and an ice pack for my hand pause for a little while cuz my arms are starting to hurt

[feedists4progress]

hey did you know that you can get strega nona stamps? and you can put them on postcards to swing state voters via activate america??

[angryspookyexpert]

Do something, whatever you can!

[3months2mordor]

Mod Rosie has spent the morning filling out reminders to vote for swing staters and listening to the Hobbit audiobook.

Did you know that the Hobbits dutifully elect a Mayor of Hobbiton? Be like Hobbits!

If you need a reminder or any other information about voting in your state visit this website!

[oak1985]

Postcards to swing states! 300 people in New Jersey are getting bugged by me!

Tumblr friends who are in the US and of voting age, this message is for you, too:

[axmxz]

and if you'd like to get involved beforehand, and help turn out the vote, check out https://postcardstovoters.org

Postcards to Voters sends friendly, handwritten reminders from volunteers to targeted voters, giving Democrats a winning edge in close, key races coast to coast.

Not just state or federal level, either - sometimes it's city or even school board, because key decisions are made at those levels too!

Or earlier! Any red state can turn blue if enough voters turn out.

[library-graffiti]

Save Democracy: Write Postcards

Just got an email letting me know Postcards to Swing States is caught up and once again open to sign ups! They send you the postcards, you provide the stamps and the writing. Be proactive about the election!

[mumblingsage]

I'm signing off all my Postcards to Swing States with a "Thanks again." Guess I'm hoping for a

Random blue-leaning Pennsylvanian: I am so fucking sick of all the electoral messaging I'm targeted by! But I will make an exception since she seems very polite.

[the-forest-library]

Send Postcards To Voters - New Availability!

Sign-ups for postcards are back open as Postcards to Swing States makes a final push for 40 million postcards to rally Democrats to vote! They will likely send you postcards for a competitive US House district or Florida, though they have some additional voter lists for swing states and Ohio. If you aren't willing to write to voters for whatever list they send you, please do not sign up.

The mailing dates for these final orders are between Oct 24 and Oct 29. They'll ship the postcards as quickly as possible. There's also an option to opt-in to write postcards to persuadable seniors about the importance of voting for Democrats in order to protect social security from Republican proposals to cut this vital program.   Please note: You will be responsible for providing Postcard Stamps, which are currently $0.56. They'll mail you free postcards, along with voter lists and instructions with proven message options.

[jomiddlemarch]

Postcards to Swing States now has swing districts you can sign up for-- CA, NY, OR, lots of places in play for the House if you want to get behind a more specific location/campaign.

But…but…Biden has a great team of ethical, effective, smart, not evil people around him who are not 81. Also, if he gets elected and becomes senile or dies of old age or something, we have a procedure for that and then we end up with a president Harris who will probably be swell!

Cheeto Hitler (NOT THAT MUCH YOUNGER) is probably never going to die bc he’s like a cockroach, but if he got elected and did, we’d still have the axis of evil to contend with, who will be swiftly dismantling democracy as fast as their bloody, bejeweled hands can do it.

I mean... yes. This. You are not just voting for one person, you are voting for the entire team that you want to run the country. Biden is the manager and most prominent player on that team, but regardless of what SCOTUS says, he is not the only almighty god-king. When you vote for team blue, you are voting for the people who staff every federal agency, the cabinet picks, the judges who will be appointed (already the most diverse ever selected and a MAJOR issue due to the possibility of SCOTUS seats, which may be filled under Biden but WILL be filled under Trump when Thomas and Alito retire to make way for younger wingnuts), the ambassadors and diplomats, the people who make foreign and domestic policy. Etc. Etc. You are not only choosing one person, and as noted, if Biden God forbid DID bite the dust, there is a perfectly competent and indeed very historic replacement ready to take over. That is the Vice President's literal entire job and always has been.

When you vote for team blue, you are voting for a team of (for the most part) well-meaning, diverse, intelligent, qualified people who want to make life better for America/the world, and who genuinely believe in democracy as a concept. They are flawed, because they are human, but they are still by any reasonable metric the only choice at hand. That is because team fascist, uh, red, has literally descended to the depths of cartoonish and unimaginable evil and continues to make their intentions clear at every moment. Any argument to the contrary is thus delusional and wishful thinking. As such, I literally do not care if you think Biden is personally the antichrist. You are not exempted from the moral duty to do everything possible to stop the other guys from getting into power, and if that is voting for the team that Biden happens to currently manage, so be it. Anyone saying otherwise is either a Russian psyop, a tankie, a doomer, a bot, or an idiot, and none of those are your friend. Voting is the number one most repeatedly reliable tool at hand to fumigate fascists. I suggest we use it.

[nfinitefreetime]

Postcard, annotated

You can probably expect me to keep rattling on about this until these damn things are all done; I managed 35 of them today, and I’m done with almost half of them. My stamina seems to be growing, so I’ll shoot for 40 tomorrow and see what happens to my handwriting at the end. Anyway, I’ve been fiddling with the message I’m supposed to write on these things as I’ve been going through and I think…

[makethemmilky]

It's That Time Again

Hi there. I apologize for interrupting your regular schedule of smut and debauchery for a political message, but we're less than 40 days out from yet another monumentally important election.

On one side you have the Democrats, who aren't perfect, but they are the party who cares about abortion rights, gay rights, trans rights, fighting climate change, preventing gun violence, and reducing wealth inequality.

On the other side you have Republicans, a bunch of fascist weirdos who have no real policy ideas other than "own the libs" and "ban things that don't affect us but which we don't like others doing." And they are, of course, led by a 30x time convicted felon, rapist, fraudster, attempted overthrower of the last election, and advocate of injecting bleach into your veins.

If you care one iota about other people and have two or more brain cells to rub together, there's really no choice to be made here. If we all get off our collective derrieres and vote for the Dems on November 5th, we can send the assholes packing and get back to our regular perverted routines.

Here's what you--yes, you, the tumblr viewer with your hand currently down your pants--can do to help defeat fascism.

Make sure you're registered to vote, know where to go, etc. at https://iwillvote.com/ . Most states now have vote by mail, so you can do it in your taco-stained pajamas like I do.

Donate. If you're lucky enough to have a bit of superfluous cheddar, you can donate it to Democratic organizations. Don't get it to the VP because she has an insane amount of money she won't be able to spend it in time; give it to a Democratic Party for a particular state, or to a candidate running for the US House.

Volunteer. If you live in or near a swing state, you can visit mobilize.us and find a place to go knock on doors. Don't like talking to people? You can textbank too. Or checkout Postcards to Voters.

Final thoughts: this is a reminder once again that my blog is progressive as all get out and that dipshit conservative reactionaries should just fuck right off. Despite the smut I write, I am 100% in favor of women in real life being able to choose whether to carry or terminate a pregnancy.

Your pal in the fight for freedom,

Dirk F Condor

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