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Postcard Writing Tonight / Music

by WaterGirl|  February 7, 20237:45 pm| 47 Comments

This post is in: Music, Open Threads, Political Action

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When I said we would have a Postcard Writing & Music thread “next Tuesday” I didn’t realize we would also have the State of the Union.

I am putting up the thread anyway because I said I would :-) and because not everyone watches the address.  Looking forward to some music and postcard conversation.

One of our Balloon Juice peeps let their Indivisible group know about our postcard effort for Voces de la Frontera, and they are writing with us!  All credit to the person who did that!   (Chime in below so I can use your nym to credit you!)  They have asked for 625 addresses to start, and they indicated that they may write up to 2,000!  They will mostly be writing for the general election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court rather than for the primary, but one of their peeps got a head start.  She asked for 25 addresses this morning, and she already has them done!  (image below)  Impressive!  I could not do that in an afternoon.

If anyone else has a postcard writing group, please let them know about this.

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In other news,  another group of writers from Maryland contacted Voces about writing, and Voces sent them on to me, so they will be participating, too. They have asked for 2,400 addresses to start!  And may want thousands more.

Writing postcards and letters is a numbers game.  The latest research I have seen showed a 4% increase in the desired response.  4% of a small number is a very small number, but 4% of a big number can really make a difference.  It really does take a village.

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47Comments

  1. 1.

    Old School

    February 7, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    Voces has officially endorsed both of the liberal candidates in the primary: Everett Mitchell and Janet Protasiewicz.

  2. 2.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    I got my ballot this weekend and am planning to take it to the post office tomorrow.

    And I’m postcarding tonight, too!

  3. 3.

    Alison Rose

    February 7, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    No postcarding here but I’ll drop an array of music for y’all:

    Kelela – Frontline

    MGMT – Little Dark Age

    Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals – Bones

    George Ezra – All My Love

    Tirzah – Holding On

    (Yes, I did find that last track a few years ago from a Burberry perfume commercial.)

  4. 4.

    Barbara

    February 7, 2023 at 8:03 pm

    @Mousebumples: I have 50 names.  Can you suggest a good script?

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    @Old School: Yep.  Here is the latest sample for anyone who wants to write for the primary.

    Postcards! 1

    In case it’s not clear, these are two separate postcards photographed together.  The same except that a different person is listed first on the cards.

  6. 6.

    SpaceUnit

    February 7, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    I’m thinking that Biden should have invited that dude from SNL to sit in the visitors gallery wearing the ballon costume.

  7. 7.

    Leslie

    February 7, 2023 at 8:06 pm

    @Alison Rose: Thanks! I always enjoy finding new music, or rediscovering things I enjoy but haven’t heard recently.

    Re the main thread, the postcard news from other groups is very exciting.

  8. 8.

    wonkie

    February 7, 2023 at 8:06 pm

    I do ten a night I have sixty done out of one hundred, I will ask for more when I reach my goal

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:06 pm

    @Barbara: I posted at #5 before I saw your comment at #4.  I must have read your mind.

    The image is of the latest script Mousebumples is using.

    We’ve kind of given up on trying to get all the information on every postcard. :-)

  10. 10.

    SpaceUnit

    February 7, 2023 at 8:06 pm

    Nice little Aussie band The Waifs . .  .

    Lighthouse

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    @Leslie: Oh, good, someone noticed!

    I think it’s very exciting, glad to hear that you do, too.

  12. 12.

    mvr

    February 7, 2023 at 8:07 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​  Yeah, I switched up whom I listed first too. Based mostly on gender stereotyping. Probably makes me a bad person, but if it saves Wisconsin I don’t care that much. I’m old and I’ll be gone soon enough.​
     FWIW, my actual wording was perfectly evenhanded.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:08 pm

    @wonkie: That’s very impressive!

    Just send me an email message whenever you’re ready for more.

  14. 14.

    SpaceUnit

    February 7, 2023 at 8:10 pm

    Newish music artist Caroline Kingsbury . . .

    Give Me a Sign

  15. 15.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 8:14 pm

    @WaterGirl: And my latest script is a slight tweak from that since early voting started today.

    Please vote on or before Feb 21, and bring a friend! 

    (replaces the Early voting starts…. line)

    If you have room, I also have this on the front side of the postcard –

    Go to MYVOTE.WI.GOV for where and when to vote. 

    Thanks to everyone who is postcarding and/or sharing music!

  16. 16.

    NotMax

    February 7, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    Gottschalk, The Union.

  17. 17.

    cain

    February 7, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    baud – when is SOTU going to start? good golly – I’m dying over here!

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    @cain: State of the Union starts at 9 pm Eastern.  About 40 minutes from now.

    The post is set to go up at 8:45.

    edit: are you having an imaginary conversation with Baud? :-)

  19. 19.

    cain

    February 7, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    @WaterGirl: All my conversations with Baud are imaginary ;)

     

    oh ok – C-SPAN was saying it started at 5pm PT. So I was wondering.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    February 7, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    Ray Charles, America the Beautiful.

  21. 21.

    CaseyL

    February 7, 2023 at 8:26 pm

    Oof – that reminds me: I needed more addresses, and PatriotPostcards recommended I contact you, WafterGirl, for addresses that Voces provides.  I’ve just sent you the email.

    (Since I’ll likely hand-write these, I’m asking for only a few addresses – unless it’s OK to use the preprinted cards from PatriotPostcards, in which case I can turn out 25 at a time.)

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:28 pm

    @CaseyL: You can definitely use Postcard Patriots postcards!

  23. 23.

    SpaceUnit

    February 7, 2023 at 8:28 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Nice music set as always, AR.

    Especially liked Tir Zah.  She’s a mood.

  24. 24.

    SpaceUnit

    February 7, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    @NotMax:

    Very apropos.

  25. 25.

    Alison Rose

    February 7, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    @SpaceUnit: I love her singing style. It’s got that loose almost lazy quality (I mean that in a good way!) that’s very chill and soothing.

  26. 26.

    CaseyL

    February 7, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    @WaterGirl: Then please send me 25 names – thanks!

  27. 27.

    SpaceUnit

    February 7, 2023 at 8:33 pm

    Meg Myers . . .

    Motel

  28. 28.

    Leslie

    February 7, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    I got new postcards. Generic pro-voting message on one side, plus room for the address, and then the other side is blank. Gives me lots of room to write. I’m actually doing it journalism style: What-When-Why etc., followed by the relevant info. I put the website in for the “where” section. Plus a “thank you for being a voter” at the end.

  29. 29.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 8:46 pm

    @CaseyL: just a heads up that we’re not doing names for Voces.

    I’ve been addressing my postcards-

    Valued Voter

    123 Anywhere St

    City, WI 53000

    But other naming alts are fine, too. 😊

    I think Postcard Patriots usually includes voter names, so I thought I’d mention it.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    @Mousebumples: Thanks for mentioning that.  Voces figures people move frequently so the name is as likely to be wrong as it is to be right.  I’m just trying to follow their lead.

    I am not even handing out names.  Casey’s 25 addresses had “CaseyL” in the name field, all the way down.  :-)

  31. 31.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @WaterGirl: just happy to have help turning out my state’s liberal voters!

    I’m planning to text photos of a postcard to my friends/relatives that need a nudge to vote. 😊

  32. 32.

    Leslie

    February 7, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    My cousin just sent me a photo of her tv screen — Sinema is wearing a blindingly bright yellow dress. With huge puffy shoulder caps.

  33. 33.

    Leslie

    February 7, 2023 at 9:05 pm

    @WaterGirl: I hope we’re at least hitting Democratic households.

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    @Leslie:  Yes!

    Our list is African Americans with an 80-100% Democratic partisan score.

  35. 35.

    Leslie

    February 7, 2023 at 9:27 pm

    @WaterGirl: I meant if people have moved.

  36. 36.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 7, 2023 at 9:28 pm

    @WaterGirl: So, north and west sides of Milwaukee?

  37. 37.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 9:31 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’ve been mostly getting Dane County addresses lately, I think. (*or suburbs – not 100% sure exactly which cities are in Dane County or an adjacent county)

  38. 38.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 7, 2023 at 9:34 pm

    @Mousebumples: Aha.

  39. 39.

    Barbara

    February 7, 2023 at 9:34 pm

    I have 50 addresses in Milwaukee.  I wrote out all the addresses, and will start writing the message tomorrow.  My hands are starting to cramp.

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 9:34 pm

    @Leslie: Oh.  They don’t move that much!  :-)

  41. 41.

    Leslie

    February 7, 2023 at 9:35 pm

    @WaterGirl: I hope not!

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2023 at 9:36 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: We have addresses for these counties:  Dane, Racine, Kenosha, and Milwaukee.

  43. 43.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 9:44 pm

    @WaterGirl: That’s good to know! Not that I don’t like Dane County, but I just thought it was odd that it seemed like all my addresses so far were from the Madison area. 😂

  44. 44.

    mvr

    February 7, 2023 at 10:00 pm

    @Mousebumples: Generally addresses will be from the same neighborhood & precinct. Mine were Milwaukee but just two zip codes.

  45. 45.

    Mousebumples

    February 7, 2023 at 10:16 pm

    @mvr: fair enough. I’m used to #PostcardsToVoters, where I maybe had 2 cities in common in a batch of 10 addresses. All good voters to contact, either way

    (also, my being from Wisconsin may make these feel more “local” since I know Fitchburg, Middleton, Madison, Sun Prairie, etc., are not that far apart geographically)

  46. 46.

    AlaskaReader

    February 8, 2023 at 12:42 am

    All my conversations with Baud are imaginary ;)

    Nominated

    (I voted today)

    …below, …a duet:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17blGl9yAeI

  47. 47.

    SuzieC

    February 9, 2023 at 10:47 am

    I finished my 25 yesterday.  Almost all my addresses were in Madison.

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