GOTV chronicles continued. I am at three hundred and seventy-five! My original goal was one thousand, but I have upped it to two. I am writing thank you cards to AZ, NH, and GA. I am also writing “SIgn up for mail in ballots” post cards for PA. I want to get to NV soon and there’s a race in Kansas that I want to help.
This is my routine: I try for an hour a day. Sometimes it’s less, depending on life, but I write at least ten a day as an absolute minimum. I usually start when I turn on my bathwater. I won’t go into detail about why, but it takes about thirty min for the tub to fill. Oddly, the water is often too hot. But that wait time is excellent for writing GOTV letters and cards. Then afterwards I listen to music and do another half hour.
I find it stressful to have a numeric goal (Fifty cards today! etc.) On the other hand, it’s easy for me to just fill in some time that otherwise would have been spent just waiting or doing nothing in particular. (I coopted some of my exercise time because my dog pulled me off my feet and up the driveway and between the road rash and the swollen elbow, I am just not into weightlifting right now).
I am embarrassed to say that I listen to SPotify. I know. I’m sorry. But I will continue anyway because the daily lists their algorithm uses brings up songs I haven’t heard in years and love or songs I never heard before and love. It was from Spotify that I discovered Alabama 3. And now I am addicted. Also Allison Russell! And what a treasure she is!
But back to business. In all seriousness, we are going to get our asses kicked this fall—unless we get out the vote like we did in 2020. The Republicans will vote. They hate the rest of America and one of their ways of being mean assholes is to vote so they will show up. IF our team doesn’t, we are screwed.
We all know about GA and AZ, but don’t forget that NV and NH are likely losses in the Senate for us if we don’t get our voters to the polls.
Vote Forward. I like this one because I can sign up for twenty letters at a time and they have all kinds of races from all over. votefwd.org/…
Pennsylvania has a post card campaign to get people using mail in ballots. Hurry for this one because cards must be sent by April 19. www.turnpablue.org/…
Postcards to Swing States www.turnoutpac.org/…
PLEASE! There are so many voters to reach that I just feel overwhelmed! Please, just write a few and then maybe a few more. And send links to your friends I have recruited my sister! Please! We need to start GOTV now.