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My youngest son got a handwritten postcard today. (Original Post) Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago OP
That's so nice. It's a great project. I wish I could livetohike 23 hrs ago #1
It *is* nice. I'm glad there are some folks who aren't giving up on Ohio! Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago #2
My postcards were for Ohio, badhair77 22 hrs ago #3
I'm currently writing postcards to Ohio as well. virgdem 22 hrs ago #4
Me, too! ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #15
Mine went to DownriverDem 22 hrs ago #5
I'm an Ohioan who wrote 200 postcards to fellow Ohioans, mama 22 hrs ago #6
That is such a great feeling. Hope22 22 hrs ago #7
My daughter in Ohio got one yesterday Tribetime 22 hrs ago #8
I'm grateful to all of you who do this. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #9
My 200 are going out tomorrow (to my fellow Michiganders)! demmiblue 21 hrs ago #10
We got one here in PA over the weekend. blue neen 21 hrs ago #11
I got one back in 2016. Mr.Bill 21 hrs ago #12
This Ohioan got one last week. NewLarry 21 hrs ago #13
Maybe it was La Coliniere 21 hrs ago #14
I am mailing 200 leftieNanner 21 hrs ago #16
Last week I sent out 300 postcards to Minnesota's 2nd Congressional district. valleyrogue 21 hrs ago #17
Probably got the creepy version. Ms. Toad 21 hrs ago #18
I also used the wording about encouraging friends and family to vote 10 Turtle Day 42 min ago #23
If it's messy handwriting..... Fiddlelady11 21 hrs ago #19
This is the first year I didn't write postcards out. samplegirl 20 hrs ago #20
My last batch will be going out tomorrow. Bumbles 20 hrs ago #21
Senator Brown is very popular in the Cleveland area! Diamond_Dog 20 hrs ago #22
I've written postcards to South Florida voters mcar 40 min ago #24

livetohike

(22,812 posts)
1. That's so nice. It's a great project. I wish I could
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:04 PM
23 hrs ago

have participated, but I can’t write too long without my hand cramping .

badhair77

(4,543 posts)
3. My postcards were for Ohio,
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:29 PM
22 hrs ago

Florida and another state but I don’t remember where. My arthritis in my thumbs was hurting so I did them in small sections. I hope at least one of them made a difference. I’m in PA.

Hope22

(2,484 posts)
7. That is such a great feeling.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:14 PM
22 hrs ago

Last fall with the reproductive rights issue on the ballot I got a note from someone in CA! It made me happy to think that someone was working with us from afar! It will be interesting to see what Ohio does.

Diamond_Dog

(34,293 posts)
9. I'm grateful to all of you who do this.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:20 PM
21 hrs ago

If we in Ohio can only pass Issue 1 and un-gerrymander our state, we could get more Dems in office here and that will lead to much better things. I keep reading that it has a good chance of passing.

blue neen

(12,405 posts)
11. We got one here in PA over the weekend.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:22 PM
21 hrs ago

It was sent from CA! Thank you to all the people who are doing this important work. We treasure you!

NewLarry

(57 posts)
13. This Ohioan got one last week.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:32 PM
21 hrs ago

Our straight blue ballots went in Monday's mail. I just checked and they are both "being included in the election results".

La Coliniere

(665 posts)
14. Maybe it was
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:35 PM
21 hrs ago

one of the 600 my wife and I sent to PA, OH, and NC since Joe’s announcement he was stepping down. We did something and wish we could do more to keep the fascists behind the gate.

valleyrogue

(852 posts)
17. Last week I sent out 300 postcards to Minnesota's 2nd Congressional district.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:50 PM
21 hrs ago

This district is represented by Democrat Angie Craig and is considered one of the more competitive House races in the country.

Ms. Toad

(35,304 posts)
18. Probably got the creepy version.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:53 PM
21 hrs ago

I got one (despite the fact that I've written postcards for years, serve as an observer for years, have voted in all but 2, maybe 3 elections in the past 5 decades, and door knocked for Democratic candidates. My daughter also got one.

Both were the creepy version. (Who you vote for is private, but whether you vote is public record.) I hate that version and have rejected it every time it has been offered. Apparently, it is being interpreted that way by others, as well. https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/05/pa-primary-2022-postcard-social-pressure-campaign/

ETA: Mine go out tomorrow ( with one of two less creepy messages).

Thank you for being a voter! Your family and friends may need your reminder to vote. Please ask them to vote in the Tuesday November 5 election!

10 Turtle Day

(381 posts)
23. I also used the wording about encouraging friends and family to vote
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 03:35 PM
42 min ago

I felt it had the potential to increase voter turnout beyond those who received postcards. I agree the one about our voting record is more creepy than helpful. I mailed my 200+ to Ohioans last Tuesday.

I received a postcard postmarked from Boston MA asking me to vote for Senator Sherrod Brown. That one pleasantly threw me for a loop as I hadn’t heard of anyone writing postcards for down ballot races and Ds have some vulnerable Senate races to defend this election cycle and need all the help they can get. Although I didn’t need the reminder to vote for Sherrod Brown, hopefully it reached some who did need it.

Fiddlelady11

(37 posts)
19. If it's messy handwriting.....
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:55 PM
21 hrs ago

it's from me possibly. I wrote 200 postcards to Ohio. Mailed them October 15th.

samplegirl

(12,001 posts)
20. This is the first year I didn't write postcards out.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:42 PM
20 hrs ago

Here in Trumbull county I will not waste my time sitting there writing postcards out for fake Democrats. We got a big problem here.

Bumbles

(175 posts)
21. My last batch will be going out tomorrow.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:52 PM
20 hrs ago

I was super pleased that I'm writing from Maine to get out the vote for Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio, one of my most favorite senators of all time. I went to Westen College in Oxford, Ohio, then married and lived for fifteen years in North Olmstead and Lyndhurst while teaching school.

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