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Writing Postcards from Home

Securing lasting institutional accountability depends on protecting voting rights and boosting voter turnout.

There are three options for writing postcards from home.

• Swing Blue Alliance: Swing Blue Alliance runs volunteer postcard programs and host networks. Their current postcard campaign focuses on Ohio Youth Voter Registration, where volunteers organize postcard parties or write postcards that help register and mobilize young voters in Ohio.

• VoteRiders: VoteRiders is a non-partisan organization focused entirely on voter ID education and assistance. They provide the information and direct legal or financial support needed for voters to obtain required identification and confidently cast ballots. For mailings, they use Sincere: you sign up, get voter addresses from Sincere, print labels, and place labels on envelopes with a VoteRiders information sheet and a short handwritten note. You can also sign up for the Helpline Volunteer program.

• Activate America Postcard Program: Activate America organizes volunteers to write handwritten postcards to voters in crucial districts. They use Sincere as well (see VoteRiders above for how Sincere works). You provide the postcards and complete the writing and mailing.

• Postcards to Voters: Postcards to Voters does not rely on fixed scripts. They also use Sincere for address access (see VoteRiders above for how Sincere works). You order your own postcards, submit your draft message for approval, then receive voter addresses.

• Center for Common Ground: The Center for Common Ground runs the Reclaim Our Vote postcard campaign, focusing heavily on fighting voter suppression in underrepresented communities. They provide materials; you write notes and addresses.

• Progressive Turnout Project: The Progressive Turnout Project coordinates a massive Postcards to Swing States initiative to rally voters. Their program relies on evidence-based voter models, providing volunteers with clear data and localized metrics to evaluate total outreach results after election cycles close. They provide postcards for free. You write addresses, follow the script, and add postage.

• Blue Wave Postcards: Blue Wave Postcards is a grassroots organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout through personalized, handwritten outreach. Volunteers purchase card kits at a low cost of about $0.14 per card. Most of the campaign message is pre-printed, and kits include self-stick voter address labels, which minimizes writing time.

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Call Your U.S. Representative and Senators

Federal elected officials need to hear directly from constituents demanding oversight of ICE detention conditions and accountability.

What to ask for

• Request immediate, unannounced inspections of ICE detention sites, including Burlington.
• Ask for public reporting on findings, including medical care, sanitation, legal access, and treatment conditions.
• Urge sustained oversight rather than one-time visits.

Resources

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