This is an important election, and many of us don't know how to contribute to it beyond voting. I, for one, want to feel come November that I did what I could. I'm starting this thread as a place for us to
share ideas.
I'm volunteering with
Vote Forward and writing to registered voters who are members of underrepresented communities and who don't frequently vote, encouraging them to vote this time. Vote Forward says studies have shown personal messages to be effective in motivating people to vote.
You can commit to as few as five letters and do more if and as you like.
Volunteers supply their own materials, including stamps; print out letters; add to each a sentence explaining their reasons for feeling voting is important; and mail the letters.
Given voter suppression and postal sabotage, this effort strikes me as both crucial and fraught. The organization realizes that its normal timeline will have to be adjusted and is in the process of making that adjustment. When exactly the letters should be mailed, they're still figuring out. Some time before October 27.
I'd like to do more, and welcome ideas.