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applegrove

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Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:32 PM Apr 2020

Liberal Groups Launch Letter-Writing Campaign

Liberal Groups Launch Letter-Writing Campaign

April 30, 2020 at 12:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 53 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/30/liberal-groups-launch-letter-writing-campaign/

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McClatchy: “Beset by deep restrictions on how they can campaign during the outbreak, an alliance of more than a half-dozen left-leaning organizations said Thursday that they would begin a massive letter-writing campaign to urge low-frequency voters to turn out for the November elections.”

“And unlike most messages in modern campaigns, these partially handwritten letters will be sent not over email but by the U.S. Postal Service — packaged in an envelope with a stamp attached as if people were communicating in a pre-internet age.”

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Liberal Groups Launch Letter-Writing Campaign (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2020 OP
Informative but how do I become a part of it? efhmc Apr 2020 #1
Read this part and google which group is in your area. applegrove Apr 2020 #2

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
2. Read this part and google which group is in your area.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:30 PM
Apr 2020

"Along with Swing Left, other progressive advocacy groups involved include Indivisible, Democracy in Color, Stand up America, the Women’s March Foundation, and People for the American Way. And the effort is spearheaded by Vote Forward, a non-profit organization that since 2017 has specialized in writing hand-written letters to mostly young men and women and racial minorities, groups traditionally underrepresented within the voting public."

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