Postcards to Swing States
On October 24, 2024, I received this email from the Postcards to Swing States Team:
“Hi Cathy,
Today is the single largest postcard mailing date for our 40.3 million postcards to rally Democrats to vote across key states and districts! To the hundreds of thousands of postcard writers, thank you for all your incredible activism and dedication.
Please consider signing up to knock doors for Democrats in the final days, either in a swing state or in your local area. This election will likely come down to the margin of effort, and knocking doors is the most important thing any of us can do between now and Nov. 5. Here are opportunities to volunteer in swing states and for Democratic candidates across the country.
Thanks for all your activism!
— Postcards to Swing States Team
Progressive Turnout Project is the largest voter contact organization in the country. Our mission: Rally Democrats to vote.”
That morning, I drove to the Post Office on Coyote Street in historic downtown Nevada City and mailed 200 postcards to registered Democrats in various towns and cities across the swing state of Texas and 100 more to registered Democrats in Iowa. The postcards were penned by friends and neighbors on our road who volunteered their time over the past months in an effort to encouraging 300 registered Democrats in Texas and Iowa to make a plan to vote on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
To my friends and family who were part of the army of volunteers who mailed out 40.3 million postcards last week, I thank you one and all!
Special thanks to Terri M. who has recently moved to New York with her husband Tim for writing an additional batch of postcards to get out the vote in Georgia once she’d unpacked from their cross-country move. And to my dear friend Thom H. who introduced me to the Progressive Turnout Project about two years ago. We first met during a Peace Corps training program in the summer of 1966 before serving as PC Volunteers in Thailand. All these years later, we’re still trying to make a difference in the world in whatever ways we can. Bravo Thom for taking the time to write messages and address 700 swing state postcards to the key swing states of Georgia and Wisconsin.
Keep breathing and believing, friends. Together, we can win this!
