“This is the most consequential election of our lifetimes, and Democrats need to do everything possible to connect with voters and get out the vote,” said Alex Morgan, Executive Director of Progressive Turnout Project. Postcards to Swing States has already distributed 3.5 million postcards to 25,000 volunteers in the first two weeks of July, with plans to mail 13 million postcards by October to voters across 10 key presidential and Senate battleground states: Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. What began as a little project has just ballooned - we didn’t expect to send 3.5 million postcards in just two weeks.” “We provide the postcards and train volunteers on what messages are most effective in convincing an infrequent voter to turn out.
“We wanted to make it easy for people at home to make an impact on this election,” said Ramsey Ellis and Reid McCollum, co-founders of Postcards to Swing States.
PTP, which is the largest grassroots-funded field organization in the country, is investing $500,000 in the initiative. Started in a garage just outside Chicago, the initiative will organize volunteers to write hand-written messages encouraging voters in swing states to go to the polls in November. Partnership with Progressive Turnout Project Will Target 10 Swing States 3.5 Million Postcards Already Requested in JulyĬHICAGO - In an effort to boost voter turnout in 2020, progressive activists and Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) have launched a new initiative: Postcards to Swing States. CONTACT: Will Mantell | to Swing States: Volunteers to Send 13 Million Hand-Written Postcards to Swing State Voters This Election Cycle