💌 🎃 🌊 On the turning of the seasons...
And ~5 days remaining to write postcards to voters!
👋🏼 Hello, friends!
I am again keeping this installment brief, as I am squeezing postcard-writing into every last nook and cranny of my day. We’re almost there…so keep your heads up and spirits high! 💪🏼
Today is the first proper day of fall (winter?! 🥶) in Salt Lake City, and with the long-awaited turning of the seasons (pumpkins and all of the attendant October decor just didn’t look quite right in unseasonable 80-degree weather, spooky indeed 👻), I’m reminded of the feeling that time seems to pass languidly in the cold / rainy / snowy seasons.
But then, as if by magic, the first blooms appear, the sun starts to shine more brilliantly, and we’re filled with the lovely sense of hope that seems to permeate everything when spring is on the horizon.
This election season has been a long and arduous one (indeed, it started 4+ years ago 😵💫). It’s been fraught, tiring, and anxiety-provoking, but also buoying and confidence-inspiring as motivated citizen activists across the country have tirelessly knocked on doors, made phone calls, and put pen to postcard to safeguard and strengthen our democracy.
With the election 18 days away and just ~5 days remaining to write and mail postcards to voters are who very likely to vote for Democrats if we can get them to the polls (we can!), I’m sending a very humble reminder that, like all other seasons, this election season will quickly draw to a close — and I am truly excited to wake up on November 6th (or perhaps a few days later ☺️) and to see, hear, and feel confirmation that all of our determined efforts to get out the vote all across the land have paid hard-earned dividends for democracy, justice, dignity, and equality.
Do you have some time to join me in this final postcarding sprint? If so, please read on to learn how you can quickly start postcarding today.
Like last week…eager to get involved, but just don’t have the time to put pen to paper in this final stretch? I get it! So, I’m also humbly asking you again to consider upgrading to a paid newsletter subscription ($60 / year) — each and every dollar from paid subscriptions directly funds my volunteer postcarding efforts, defraying my out-of-pocket costs for postcards, postage, pens, and highlighters.
Democracy is hard work, and together, we’re putting in the work to sustain and secure our visions for the present and future. As ever, thank you for standing up for democracy. 💙
With hope, gratitude, and so much optimism,
Annie
🙌🏼 Your final postcarding sprint, starting now
Activate America is still running a series of high-impact postcarding campaigns in key states and congressional districts. You can sign up for small, manageable batches of postcards through early next week on this page.
🎨 How to start writing postcards today
Here’s everything you need to start writing to voters:
Postcards (at this point, Amazon is the most speediest way to purchase postcards for fast-approaching mail dates)
Forever postcard stamps, available at your local post office
📬 Total # of postcards mailed since last week: 490
🔔 Pennsylvania: 200 postcards to get out the vote (GOTV) in my beloved battleground home state
🦋 North Carolina: 200 postcards to GOTV in areas of the state not devastated by Hurricane Helene, where USPS is still reliably delivering mail 🙏🏼
🐠 Michigan:
25 postcards for general GOTV efforts
10 postcards to GOTV specifically for two seats on the Michigan State Supreme Court (all elections matter, up and down the ballot!)
🏔️ Colorado: 15 postcards to GOTV for incumbent Democrat Yadira Caraveo in CD-08, a swing congressional district
🌵 Arizona: 10 postcards in Spanish to GOTV
🎲 Nevada: 20 postcards in Spanish to GOTV for Senator Jacky Rosen’s critical re-election bid
🍎 New York: 10 postcards to GOTV for Laura Gillen, running to unseat incumbent Republican Anthony D’Esposito in NY-04, a swing congressional district