Write to voters
Write with us at the DVC HQ, or at home
Come in and pick up postcarding supplies, addresses, and scripts at our volunteer office in Mountain View during any of our open hours. Our postcard leader will answer any questions you have. The DVC supplies everything except postage; we ask that writers supply their own postcard stamps.
Take them home to write, or stay and write alongside other volunteers. You can also take postcards home and join our Zoom postcarding parties every Saturday from 10am to noon; email Sue for details.
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.
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. In our past campaigns, we have written postcards to register voters who are likely to vote Dem, including young voters and voters of color. We write to encourage people to enroll in vote-by-mail programs, a proven method to increase turnout. We ask people to check their registration status in states where there have been purges of people from the rolls. Importantly, we also write to get out the vote for vulnerable Democrats who are in office by informing voters of their achievements—or about their opponents’ unpopular positions on the issues.