Write to voters
Postcard and letter writing for the November 5 election is over
All postcarding and letter-writing campaigns ended on October 29. Thank you to the many many people who wrote to voters; the DVC distributed 60,000 postcards and letters from our office, and our partner organizations distributed many thousands more.
Thank you to our postcard suppliers
The DVC would like to thank Armen Varteressian, who printed and donated tens of thousands of postcards this year, and has provided us with postcards for years. His contribution to our democracy is incredible.
We also want to thank Joan Escover of JP Graphics for her very generous donations of postcards this year; Mariya Genzel who manages her own writing operation and provides overflow postcards for us; and Geri Weitzman for designing some of our terrific cards this year.
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As a DVC subscriber, you’ll receive emails with postcard and letter writing opportunities so you’ll always know when you have a chance to make a difference. To subscribe:
- Go to our volunteer form here
- Fill in your email, name, phone, and zip code
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We’ll keep you informed about campaigns you can write for and how to get started.
Why write to voters?
Writing letters and postcards provides a personal touch to voter outreach, and it’s a fun group activity. We worked on a four-pronged strategy to keep Congress Blue in 2022 by electing Democrats across the ballot:
- In 2022 we registered likely new Democratic voters (in partnership with Field Team 6) in flippable congressional districts in Arizona, California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin. Voter registration campaigns target “the rising American electorate,” including underrepresented groups like Black communities in the Deep South and young voters.
- We protected vulnerable California, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania Democrats by informing voters of the legislative achievements of their representatives.
- We encouraged Democrats in swing states and districts to enroll in vote-by-mail, a proven method to increase voter turnout.
- We wrote letters (with Vote Forward) to increase voter participation of historically underrepresented communities.