How to Help the Georgia Runoffs

[TR]

Here's one link from the results thread, I'm going to go through and find the others. Feel free to add any organizations doing letters/postcards/texts or fundraisers here:

www.gapostcard.org/

Nov 5, 2020 16:50:52 GMT -5 lust2hart said:

Blue Revolution is partnering with the Sierra Club to write letters to GA residents about the January Senate race. Here's the link to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/1v0mVj5msgokcwb_EBxKQV64c5yHTu2Tpm0gnGssrx-g/viewform?ts=5fa436f6&gxids=7757&fbclid=IwAR1ETOImcjQ-EpSHIMuKRmMv7odezjBf9AjuJEOEG5J8vwVxr7bLNtANgTQ&edit_requested=true

Nov 5, 2020 17:07:02 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Nov 5, 2020 16:54:54 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Just signed up!

Vote Forward is also going to have Georgia campaign. More details to come. If you were approved for letter this cycle you should be good to go.



votefwd.org

[heyjude]

I’m guessing also postcardstovoters.org/

But I haven’t seen anything official yet. They have been very active with Ossoff though so I’m sure they will.

I would suggest getting your supplies ready now as the window will be short and post cards travel slow.

I would like to get plugged into text or phone banking groups too so please share those.

[pisces]

Does anyone know what kind of letters you write for Sierra Club? Like, are these real letters on notebook paper? Lol

[morecoffeeplease]

Thank you for this. I just ordered post cards and sharpies.

[mrsd2006]

www.facebook.com/search/top?q=georgia%20postcard%20project

Georgia Postcard Project on FB

[lust2hart]

Nov 6, 2020 9:32:47 GMT -5 pisces said:

Does anyone know what kind of letters you write for Sierra Club? Like, are these real letters on notebook paper? Lol

They'll send you letters through email that you need to print out and sign, stuff and mail. 

[mrsd2006]

www.facebook.com/groups/659969631329917


Another FB group-
Elect Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock 2021

[isabel]

A friend in Georgia said the group she's in is really promoting sending cards/letters so they are postmarked in the state in order to dissuade frustration with outside influence.

If you want your cards postmarked within Georgia, you can send your stamped, ready to go cards/letters to me and I will mail them to my friend to drop with USPS. Just PM me if you want to send them my way.

[mskitkat]

Ossoff phone banking. www.mobilize.us/electjon/event/342712/?force_banner=true&share_context=event_details&share_medium=copy_link

[mskitkat]

Instead of donating to the campaigns, please donate to some of the kickass groups doing voter mobilization.

blackvotersmatterfund.org/
newgeorgiaproject.org/

[dcn]

Nov 6, 2020 11:55:20 GMT -5 isabel said:

A friend in Georgia said the group she's in is really promoting sending cards/letters so they are postmarked in the state in order to dissuade frustration with outside influence.

If you want your cards postmarked within Georgia, you can send your stamped, ready to go cards/letters to me and I will mail them to my friend to drop with USPS. Just PM me if you want to send them my way.

I live in Georgia too and am happy to send for people!

[fernweh]

Nov 6, 2020 9:56:33 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Thank you for this. I just ordered post cards and sharpies.

No! Don’t write them in sharpie. It invalidates the post card!!!!!! Post card fraud!

[Bernadine]

Nov 6, 2020 12:36:39 GMT -5 kellady said:

Nov 6, 2020 10:17:24 GMT -5 lust2hart said:

They'll send you letters through email that you need to print out and sign, stuff and mail. 

So we can print them out on the computer?  I am going to do this either way, but not having to use my really crappy handwriting would be great!

You do have to fill them in, though.

[morecoffeeplease]

Nov 6, 2020 11:55:20 GMT -5 isabel said:

A friend in Georgia said the group she's in is really promoting sending cards/letters so they are postmarked in the state in order to dissuade frustration with outside influence.

If you want your cards postmarked within Georgia, you can send your stamped, ready to go cards/letters to me and I will mail them to my friend to drop with USPS. Just PM me if you want to send them my way.

I really agree with this. When I lived in dc I wrote VA postcards and I drove to va to send them out.

[morecoffeeplease]

Nov 6, 2020 12:37:45 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Nov 6, 2020 9:56:33 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Thank you for this. I just ordered post cards and sharpies.

No! Don’t write them in sharpie. It invalidates the post card!!!!!! Post card fraud!

Omg okay! I didn’t know that. I did all of my va post cards in sharpie. What about flair pens lol

Edit: omfg I think this might be a joke and that’s what I get for getting almost zero sleep the last few days.

[fernweh]

Nov 6, 2020 13:04:57 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Nov 6, 2020 12:37:45 GMT -5 fernweh said:

No! Don’t write them in sharpie. It invalidates the post card!!!!!! Post card fraud!

Omg okay! I didn’t know that. I did all of my va post cards in sharpie. What about flair pens lol

Edit: omfg I think this might be a joke and that’s what I get for getting almost zero sleep the last few days.

Lol, yes I was joking. Sharpie away!

[jamaicam]

Nov 6, 2020 13:04:57 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Nov 6, 2020 12:37:45 GMT -5 fernweh said:

No! Don’t write them in sharpie. It invalidates the post card!!!!!! Post card fraud!

Omg okay! I didn’t know that. I did all of my va post cards in sharpie. What about flair pens lol

Edit: omfg I think this might be a joke and that’s what I get for getting almost zero sleep the last few days.

That is hilarious!!!!!

[RoxMonster]

I will gladly write postcards as well but also hoping some texting opportunities come up. I really enjoyed doing that for Texas.

[seeyalater52]

Nov 6, 2020 11:55:20 GMT -5 isabel said:

A friend in Georgia said the group she's in is really promoting sending cards/letters so they are postmarked in the state in order to dissuade frustration with outside influence.

If you want your cards postmarked within Georgia, you can send your stamped, ready to go cards/letters to me and I will mail them to my friend to drop with USPS. Just PM me if you want to send them my way.

Add me to the chorus of people who strongly agree with this. Voter postcards is a cool idea and probably more helpful than harmful overall, but there is a large contingent of people who are super salty over outsiders meddling.

[seeyalater52]

Want to plug an amazing partner of ours: Black Voters Matter blackvotersmatterfund.org/?fbclid=IwAR0Ruw9qROiSlcBhQX8RLnfcY2L1jio812he7JhxVUoVU9xVm1U47gkWMSM

They could use financial support for sure, and there are opportunities to volunteer as well. Their headquarters is in ATL but they organized and got out the vote in 12 states this year, including MI, PA, MS and AL. If you are looking for an amazing Black-led Southern grassroots organization to support, please consider!

[carmenere]

Nov 6, 2020 13:28:49 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Nov 6, 2020 11:55:20 GMT -5 isabel said:

A friend in Georgia said the group she's in is really promoting sending cards/letters so they are postmarked in the state in order to dissuade frustration with outside influence.

If you want your cards postmarked within Georgia, you can send your stamped, ready to go cards/letters to me and I will mail them to my friend to drop with USPS. Just PM me if you want to send them my way.

Add me to the chorus of people who strongly agree with this. Voter postcards is a cool idea and probably more helpful than harmful overall, but there is a large contingent of people who are super salty over outsiders meddling.

Same with calls (for a lot of reasons) - if you do a phone bank from your own phone, get a google voice number with a GA area code.

[cville]

Y'all posted a bunch of stuff, but not Fair Fight?!?!?!

Come on now! fairfight.com

[seeyalater52]

Nov 6, 2020 15:57:29 GMT -5 cville said:

Y'all posted a bunch of stuff, but not Fair Fight?!?!?!

Come on now! fairfight.com

YES. This should go without saying. Don’t just thank Stacy Abrams, give her org all your money!

[cville]

Nov 6, 2020 15:59:00 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Nov 6, 2020 15:57:29 GMT -5 cville said:

Y'all posted a bunch of stuff, but not Fair Fight?!?!?!

Come on now! fairfight.com

YES. This should go without saying. Don’t just thank Stacy Abrams, give her org all your money!

She also writes romance novels (under the name Selena Montgomery) and excellent works of nonfiction. Support her directly!

[mskitkat]

Nov 6, 2020 15:57:29 GMT -5 cville said:

Y'all posted a bunch of stuff, but not Fair Fight?!?!?!

Come on now! fairfight.com

Hey, I posted New Georgia Project which is also hers!

[cville]

Nov 6, 2020 16:05:49 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

Nov 6, 2020 15:57:29 GMT -5 cville said:

Y'all posted a bunch of stuff, but not Fair Fight?!?!?!

Come on now! fairfight.com

Hey, I posted New Georgia Project which is also hers!

True. I'm just obsessed with Fair Fight. It's the lawyer in me.

And, like you, I want people who want to help to plug into what's already in existence and has been shown to be effective (and, btw, lead by Black women), rather than reinventing the wheel and establishing competing organizations.

[mskitkat]

Nov 6, 2020 16:09:43 GMT -5 cville said:

Nov 6, 2020 16:05:49 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

Hey, I posted New Georgia Project which is also hers!

True. I'm just obsessed with Fair Fight. It's the lawyer in me.

And, like you, I want people who want to help to plug into what's already in existence and has been shown to be effective (and, btw, lead by Black women), rather than reinventing the wheel and establishing competing organizations.

God yes. I’m fighting with so many people on FB who want to come in and show us how it’s done. No. We have people who know how it’s done. Support them!

[seeyalater52]

Nov 6, 2020 12:00:06 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

Instead of donating to the campaigns, please donate to some of the kickass groups doing voter mobilization.

blackvotersmatterfund.org/
newgeorgiaproject.org/

Adding Pro Georgia to this great list: progeorgia.org/about/

[sloan]

So I’ve never done this before, what should I be ordering? Like are blue envelopes or certain postcards best? I have no idea what I’m doing, but I have a printer (and not great, but legible handwriting).

[curbsideprophet]

Nov 6, 2020 12:36:39 GMT -5 kellady said:

Nov 6, 2020 10:17:24 GMT -5 lust2hart said:

They'll send you letters through email that you need to print out and sign, stuff and mail. 

So we can print them out on the computer?  I am going to do this either way, but not having to use my really crappy handwriting would be great!

I am not sure what the Sierra Club letters are like. I can speak to the letters Vote Forward sent for the general election. You have to write in the voter's first name, write a couple lines about why you vote (keep it non-partisan) and then sign your name. The rest is a form letter.

You can see most of a sample letter here votefwd.org/instructions