Volunteers Reach Swing-State Voters with Personal Notes
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 11:10AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Volunteers Reach Swing-State Voters with Personal Notes
www.VolunteersforVirginia.com
September 27, 2012 - Activists in the "safe" red states of Texas and Tennessee, wanting to do their part this election, are using a new approach to reach voters in swing states like Virginia.
Working with the independent project Volunteers for Virginia, activists are writing personal notes to Virginians, letting them know just how crucial their votes are this year.
More than 13,500 handwritten postcards have been sent to Virginia voters, with more being sent each day. Lorie Medina, founder of the Frisco Tea Party in Texas, hopes that the letter-writing campaign will reach voters in a way that campaign mailers and TV and radio ads don't.
"Speaking with the people of Virginia, many of them are inundated with 5 and 6 phone calls about their vote each night. More often than not, they choose not to answer," said Medina, who is also chief strategist for Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition. "Our postcard effort short-circuits the never-ending noise of traditional political advertisements. By contrast, we are sending personal messages from one concerned citizen to another expressing the importance for the future of our country."
"We’re so pleased that there are people in other parts of the country who are helping to get out the vote in our crucial battleground state," said Nancy Smith, spokeswoman for We rVirginia, an organization formed to mobilize the grassroots community in Virginia for the sole purpose of impacting the 2012 General election. We rVirginia's partnership with Volunteers for Virginia is producing results in reaching voters throughout the state of Virginia. "The postcards help deliver a personal message to people who might be undecided about which candidate will be their choice on Election Day."
For more information or to participate in Volunteers for Virginia, visit http://volunteersforvirginia.com.
About Volunteers for Virginia: Volunteers for Virginia is a collaborative project between We rVirginia, LLC and Election Day Tea Party, an initiative of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, an informal federation of 30 local tea parties from around the country who work in cooperation on national projects.
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