The Postcarding Group of Rise Up Frederick is committed to harnessing the power of hand-written, short messages on postcards year-round. We strategically focus on efforts that help Democratic candidates win, get Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters to vote, further issues of importance to Democrats, and are most likely to benefit from the 1%-2% difference that postcards make.
We are now up to 57 members of this group! Thanks to all who have expressed interest and are writing postcards!
Since 4/1 when we supported Judge Susan Crawford in the WI State Supreme Court race, our postcarding group has sent or claimed 2366 postcards, including 1550 for the PA State Supreme Court retention races on Nov. 4, which is our priority race between now and November.
Can we write more postcards to make as big a difference as possible in getting out the Democratic vote, supporting Democratic causes, and electing Democrats and other liberal candidates?
See information below on our priority race--the most important race voters have never heard of!
We will be writing postcards to Democratic voters in PA to get them to vote in the November 4 election which includes a slate of justices on the PA State Supreme Court, all of them Democrats. All of them up for retention which involves a simple Yes or No to retain the judges. We need to make sure that these judges are able to retain their seats on the PA Supreme Court so that the Court retains a Democratic majority.
Many voters, including Democrats, have very little knowledge of the importance of these retention races. The retention races are listed at the bottom of the ballots and upwards of 1/3 of voters skip them. We need to change that, and our postcards are one way to inform Democratic voters of this race and encourage them to get out and vote!
We will be writing over the summer and fall and mailing all cards on October 15 exactly. The postcards are provided for this campaign, and I have ordered postcards, addresses, and instructions for the group (doing this in bulk is most efficient and cost-effective for Postcards to Swing States). If you are interested in writing with us, please reach out to me. If you can't get postcards from me, then by all means order them from Postcards to Swing States yourself.
We are also having upcoming postcarding parties in person on June 26th and via Zoom on July 9th. Reach out for details. To get regular updates, please sign up to be part of the Postcarding Work Group.
Another Postcarding Effort for something different:
Activate America: They are continuing their innovative and pressure-building accountability campaigns to ask Democratic voters to call their Republican elected officials and complain. The topic is the horrible effects of tariffs. There are several options to choose from; I recommend AZ, PA, WI or OH. They expect this campaign to end July 4. Here's the link: https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
First, postcards are going up 6 cents/card effective July 13. If you can, please purchase stamps before then.
Second, we need to keep track of what we accomplish. I will share these metrics periodically. So please remember to let me (or Lisa Kenny) know the following:
What postcarding group you are writing with
What campaign of theirs that you are supporting (e.g., writing to PA Rep. Perry about Medicaid cuts)
How many postcards you wrote
Date you put them in the mail
Only if you tell me what you did (and any friends too that you have recruited for this effort) will we be able to know the full impact of our work. And knowing the impact is inspirational!