Write to voters
Write in person with other volunteers
We encourage you to come in and write letters at our HQ; see our hours and location here. Drop in any time we’re open! Our volunteers can supply you with postcards, addresses, and scripts/instructions. You will supply your own postcard stamps. You can also pick up supplies to write postcard or letters at home.
To pick up supplies in the Santa Clara County area:
- Pick up supplies at our HQ; see our hours and location here. We provide all supplies except stamps.
- Fill out this form for instructions on picking up letter writing supplies from super-organizer Mariya in Mountain View.
- Request free letters here and pick them up from Swing Left Peninsula in San Mateo, San Carlos, Palo Alto, Mountain View, or Los Altos.
- Check here later for more options!
If you’re out of area or have your own supplies:
These organizations can get you addresses and scripts for various postcard and letter writing campaigns:
- Activate America writes on different issues to help elect Democrats
- Reclaim Our Vote offers nonpartisan GOTV postcarding to voters of color, particularly in swing states
- Postcards 4 VA is writing for Virginia state legislative elections
- Field Team 6 has addresses, scripts and code label templates to register new likely Democrats in key states
- Swing Left Peninsula frequently offers letter writing through Vote Forward
Sign up to stay in the know!
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
- Click Sign Up
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.