Get Started

1. Sign up with one or more groups suggested below. They supply addresses and messaging. They'll each have a particular mission or focus.

2. When an address supplier expects you to write their messages on your cards, order postcards you like from Etsy or Amazon, or from the address supplier. (Not all address sources offer cards.)
   For example, Postcards to Voters has its own PtV card store with two sources to supply cards that can be used on any get-out-the-vote campaign. There's a select set of Etsy cards. Also on that page is a link to MyPostcards  with many politically-themed postcard designs on heavy stock. (MyPostcards shares card-sale revenue with Postcards to Voters.)
   FieldTeam6 has a line of cards which offer the benefit of a specialized QR code that is an integral support element of their efforts.
   BlueWave and Postcards to Swing States usually send you bulk cards and addresses - most with preprinted campaign messages. You add a short scripted handwritten call to action and sign your first name. Check their delivery time estimate!
   Finally, CFVW.shop is a proven postcard supplier offering pre-stamped postcards at a discounted cost. This site puts cards and postage in your hands at the lowest price per card we have found.
   There will be postcards you can write at your first meeting with us. You can make the small donation that will cover these at cost. 

3. Buy postcard stamps if your cards are not pre-stamped. Post Office visit inconvenient? We bring postage stamps to our gatherings which you can buy at cost to avoid post office lines. USPS.com will sell you postcard stamps on-line with delivery 10 days to two weeks. Handy! The USPS postcard-specific "forever stamp", once purchased, will always send a postcard despite future price upticks. There is no sales tax on stamps. 

Registers new Democratic voters with very targeted postcards and messages. You will register at https://fieldteam6.herokuapp.com/getting_started  after which you choose which campaign to support with your postcarding. Field Team 6 also offers text banking, phone banking, registration drives, and "social storming".

Postcards to Voters (PtV) motivates already-registered voters to vote in top-ticket, down-ballot, and special election campaigns. PtV is nimble and trusted by campaigns. They quickly get addresses and required messaging to postcard writers. 

Visit Postcards to Voters, click the "Join or Rejoin" button to register. They will ask you to write a 4x6 piece of paper with a specified postcard-formatted message. You will photograph that with your phone and send it back to them. A Postcards to Voters staffer will respond and approve your access to addresses. (This may not be instant.)

When approved, visit instructions for retrieval of PtV addresses. There are two pathways to addresses: e-mail a "bot" following a certain format, or interact with the "bot" on message service Slack, which is very quick and easy once you set up the service on your computer or phone. For Slack use with PtV, set up Slack from the designated invitation link here. 

When it's time to write cards you'll choose how many addresses (four or more) you'll write in any one batch - promising to complete the cards in that batch within 3 days.

Activate America offers postcard writing and many other ways to help campaigns. Activate America's demonstrated reach and effectiveness history can be seen here.

Blue Wave postcards feature pre-printed information for each specific state race or get-out-the-vote effort they support. For their postcards, Blue Wave asks you to add a very short handwritten comment. Pre-printed peel-off address labels to apply to your cards are sent you in the same packet. 

Check out Postcards to Swing States at the Progressive Turnout Project. Their postcard sets offer choice between three short handwritten messages informed by their extensive message research. This organization gets results by promoting voting as a social norm. Here you can good information about their methodology and good results. They have offered postcarding since late 2019 to support get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts.

Founded and still based in NYC, Markers For Democracy (markersfordemocracy.org)  has grown USA-wide virtual membership. They are a source for postcarders' support and campaign postcard addresses for which you open an account. Markers For Democracy hosts on-line gatherings with Democratic luminaries for postcard-writing sessions.  Fascinating, talk to accompany your card writing. Their mission: Markers For Democracy, an all-volunteer organization, is dedicated to building and maintaining an inclusive and educated grassroots community focused on saving American democracy. We achieve this through daily engagement in postcard writing and other forms of activism to promote the election of Democrats up and down the ballot all over the country.

State-wide elections here in Washington affect us all.  This team creates postcarding programs that meet all state of Washington election rules. You can support down-ballot races in local communities in your own state. (US Congress and State/Local campaigns)
State legislature actions affect your life directly. Register to help get-out-the-vote outreach in these races at Postcards4WA.org.