If you feel helpless amongst the (waves hands) stuff happening, you can move the needle in crucial battleground states by volunteering with Postcards to Voters. I’ve been writing with PTV since 2018 and while we don’t win ’em all, it’s good to be able to help from afar.
It’s easy as well. I wrote a detailed post here on how I do it. You do have to buy your own supplies. Postcard stamps increased from 35 cents in 2020 to 56 stamps in 2024. I buy mine in 100 stamp rolls from USPS online because my local post office counter staff is very unfriendly. The postcards are readily available at Postcards to Voters, Amazon, and Etsy.
Today there are campaigns available for (Democratic, I should probably have said that earlier) candidates in Florida, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and California as well as the general vote by mail pushes we work on for Florida, Don’t be put off by the fancy, artsy, multiple-color postcards you’ll see online. This is what I do, and it’s fine. Nobody is saving these things forever.
Off to start my next batch of 15 before work! This group is going to NY state!
