Red2Blue – Postcard Brigade

Our Postcard Brigade writes postcards to voters in states and districts with important, competitive races across the country. The Brigade wrote 94,000 cards in 2024. We encourage people to register and get out to vote. Our campaigns and addresses come from organizations such as:

These organizations find competitive races, determine their target audience, pay for the address data and field test their scripts. Most do analytics to evaluate their effectiveness. Postcards have been shown to increase voter turnout by .04 to 1.7 percent.

Millions of postcards are sent through these organizations increasing voter turnout. In 2024, Activate American alone sent 9 million postcards. At a rate of .04% and 1.7%, that is about 36,000 to 153,000 extra votes. In 2020, in 3 states combined, Hillary Clinton lost to Trump by less than 80,000. Sign up here (link) to become a member of the Postcard Brigade.

 

If you have additional questions, email us at crystalpostcards@gmail.com

 

The Postcard Brigade Facilitators send out email blasts about postcard writing opportunity. Details about the campaign, message, deadline, and pickup location will be included in the email. For campaigns using our postcards, writers respond to the email blast with a request for the number of postcards they wish to write. Facilitators will email the names and addresses. Writers pick up postcards, write, and mail! Some campaigns use their own postcards so slightly different instructions are provided.

 

The email blast will specify the pick-up locations and the postcards remain outside for your convenience. Just stop by anytime.

Cards are bundled in stacks of 20 to 30 and a cost of $2 to $3 will be specified in the blast. Boxes are on the porch to leave your money. Bills only please. No coins. You are welcome to stock up on the postcards by buying as many bundles as you want.

We welcome donations of stamps if you would like to assist writers who want to do more but are limited by the cost of stamps. Stamps can be dropped off in the postcard box.

 

Amazon, Postcards to Voters, Etsy, among other places, sell postcards.  Postcards should have a voting-related message but most campaigns want a non- partisan message, such as: “Vote”, “Your Vote Counts”, “Your Vote, Your Voice”, and “Your Vote Matters”.

 

Postcards are signed with our first names, no last names or return addresses are written.

 

Writers supply stamps for the cards they write. You may get stamps at usps.com or any post office. Be sure to request Postcard Stamps which are less expensive than first class stamps.

 

Enjoy the company of like-minded souls, it is very therapeutic! You may want to gather friends to write cards in your home. The facilitators can help you organize these writing groups and you would still get your cards and addresses from the Brigade.

Postcards can be written by anyone, anywhere and can even be done with a group on zoom. Consider this quote from an active group postcard writer: As a newcomer to the area, I was warmly welcomed into my local group.  I have been able to enjoy the twin benefits of great conversations with like-minded folks while taking concrete action to restore sanity to our electorate. I eagerly anticipate my Monday afternoon sessions each week.

 

Contact us at crystalpostcards@gmail.com