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

2. For groups which ask us to write the message on our own cards, order postcards you like from Etsy, Amazon, or order from the organizations that distribute addresses. Postcards to Voters has its own PtV store. Printing company MyPostcards shows lots of politically-themed designs on heavy stock. MyPostcards is affiliated and shares revenue with Postcards to Voters. One proven supplier offering discounted pre-stamped postcards is CFVW.shop. Customers describe quick delivery, but check shipping estimate.
   
   BlueWave and Postcards to Swing States send you cards and addresses - most with preprinted messages. You add a scripted short handwritten call to action and sign your first name. Check their delivery estimate! There's a LOT of postcard writing all over the US.
   
   You won't have to wait to make a difference. There will be cards you can write at your first meeting and we will stamp them. 

3. Buy postcard stamps if your cards are not pre-stamped. Post Office visit inconvenient? USPS.com will sell you postcard stamps on-line 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.

4. We need donations of postcard stamps to keep this effort going! Are you able to - at least - bring your own?

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 fourth button to register. They will ask you to write a 4x6 piece of paper with a specified postcard-formatted message which you'll capture and send back with your phone. 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.  Fun, 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.