The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) has a very straightforward goal; to identify registered voters who list climate and environmental issues as their top priority but don’t have a strong history of turning out to vote, and turning them into regular voters. The techniques they use to identify these voters include polling, predictive modeling, and filtering voter databases. They then use direct voter contact methods such as canvassing, phone banks, postcards, and digital ads to mobilize these voters. Since their launch ten years ago they have contacted 13 million low propensity voters in more than 2,000 different elections. More than 2 million of them are now voting consistently in local, state, and federal elections.
There is a current postcard campaign to reach registered environmental voters in Pennsylvania, to boost their turnout in the state primary elections on May 20. A number of important statewide and local races will be decided this year, including state Supreme Court, mayoral (Pittsburgh), and school board races. There are quite a few local ballot measures to be decided as well.
The mail date for these postcards is Thursday, May 1, one week from today. I still have 100 postcards to prepare, and need your help! They come in bundles of 20. I will provide the addresses, postcards, script, and stamps. You will prepare them, take photos of your completed postcards (the EVP requests this), and mail them on May 1.
If you are interested in working on this with me you can reply to this post or contact me at vote@uucolumbia.net, and I will get the materials together for you. I will deliver them to you at your home or after the service this Sunday during Social Hour in sanctuary B after the 10AM worship service.
It takes about one hour to prepare 20 postcards, so this is a great micro-action to round out Earth Month!
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