Volunteers Jeff Brody, Peter Carr and Teri Wiss culminate the Swing Left Santa Cruz 2024 “Big Send” on Wednesday, bringing 40,000 letters to the Capitola Post Office that volunteers wrote to encourage voters in swing states to cast ballots in the coming election. The letters do not support individual candidates or issues, rather they are intended to encourage people to vote. The effort's local coordinator Jane Eagan said, “All our letters are nonpartisan and encourage voting – not changing opinion.
Campaigns have other activities to persuade, but our effort is helping democracy the old fashioned way – from one voter to another voter – one at a time.” Rhonda Johnson, part of the Swing Left Santa Cruz leadership team, added, “Our local effort is all about motivating underrepresented and infrequent voters to vote. We believe voting should be accessible and easy across the country and in every election.
” Swing Left is a national grassroots organization with over 400 local affiliates in 40 states and will mail over 7 million handwritten letters to individual voters. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Swing Left Santa Cruz letter writers wait in line at the Capitola Post Office Wednesday morning to mail their missives. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Volunteers Jeff Brody, Peter Carr and Teri Wiss culminate the Swing Left Santa Cruz 2024 “Big Send” on Wednesday, bringing 40,000 letters to the Capitola Post Office that volunteers wrote to encourage vot.