GET OUT THE VOTE
Postcard Writing Campaign
Every issue of importance is on the ballot this year. The stakes in the upcoming midterm elections could not be higher. Every issue we care about – including reproductive rights – is on the ballot. Those who show up as voters will help determine who our elected officials feel accountable to and what issues they prioritize.
I hope you will join NCJW-SA, in collaboration with the Religious Action Center (RAC), in their 2022 - Every Voice, Every Vote Campaign. This is a national, nonpartisan effort grounded in the value of tikkun olam to strengthen our democracy by encouraging civic engagement and protecting voters’ rights. Together we hope to reach hundreds of thousands of voters and strengthen our democracy.
RAC is working with the Center for Common Ground to contact low-propensity voters of color via a postcard-writing and mailing campaign. In the last major election (2020), the Center for Common Ground’s 44,000 volunteers sent out more than 9 million postcards, made 1.7 million phone calls and sent out 2.9 million texts. Messages included encouraging people to register to vote, providing early voting locations, times and voter registration deadlines, informing voters about how to get to the polls and providing phone numbers for county election officials.
Postcards are an easy, effective, and impactful approach for increasing voter participation.
View Sample postcard
Interested?
Go to the RAC’s website to order a postcard kit.
You will be asked to answer the following question,
Are you a member of a Postcard Group? YES
My Postcard Group is: FRIENDS OF NCJWSA
Each kit contains 30 postcards and includes instructions, a script, voter addresses, and the postcards. You will need to provide the stamps. You should receive the kits directly from RAC, within 1 - 2 weeks of the online registration. Postcard Stamps can be obtained from NCJW-SA if needed.
Join a postcard writing party! NCJW-SA is planning to schedule at least 2 postcard writing parties. Be on the lookout for more information!
Invite your friends to join us!
JOIN EARLY! WRITE OFTEN!
NOTE: Postcards are being mailed to voters throughout the country. Right now, the campaign is focused on the state of Florida, and will be followed by North Carolina, Virginia and Texas.
Want to do more? You can order up to 4 kits at a single time (120 postcards), if you’d like to encourage family and friends to participate.
Please contact Barbara Baruch at the email below, if you have any questions.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Last day to register to vote in the November 8, 2022 election: October 11, 2022
First Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance: Monday, October 24, 2022
Last Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance: Friday, November 4, 2022
DAYS LEFT UNTIL MIDTERMS: 99