Create Your Own Postcard

We have learned that the more personal the materials we send to lawmakers, the more likely they are to read and take note. With this in mind, we have suggestions for how you might create individualized postcards to get your message across most effectively.

Be creative, be polite, have fun and let legislators and legislative leaders know: regular people from all parts of PA really want redistricting reform.

Use photos of yourself, friends, family, community.

Refer to the people pictured in the message on the back. For example:

• Districts drawn this year will still be in use when these kids are old enough to vote. Please help make sure their votes COUNT. Support LACRA/ HB 22 / SB 222.
• Recent polls show younger Americans have less and less trust in democratic ideals. I want these kids to trust our state legislature and I want them to believe their voices matter. Support LACRA/ HNB 22 / SB 222.
  
• These are family friends from my local school district. We’re in the same school district, but different PA house and senate districts. Before lines were redrawn in 2018, we were ALSO in different congressional districts. That makes no sense. Please don’t let that happen again. Support LACRA/ HNB 22 / SB 222.

Use local postcards showing points of interest

Make a reference to your local area in your comments on the postcard. For Example:

• We love Lancaster PA. What we don’t love? Gerrymandering. We want districts that reflect our communities. We need your help to make that happen. Please do all you can to make sure LACRA, the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting Act, is given a vote. SOON! Thanks from a fellow Lancastrian.
  

Create and print customized postcards with map graphics of your area

Take screenshots from the maps on the PA Districts Maps page (open maps to get a larger view). Resize and print on photo paper then add your message on both map and back.

Mix and Match

Use any of the previous ideas, use these messages on your own photos or map cards, or draw your own cards by hand and add messages on the back.

Who to Send Cards To?

Start with your own legislators, even if they’re cosponsors. Then add State Government committee chairs and majority and minority leaders in both chambers (those leaders will be overseeing the mapping process and also serve as gatekeepers on possible reform). You can view a list of their names and addresses.

Postal service rules

To qualify for standard postcard rates (currently 35 cents) a postcard must be:

• Rectangular

• At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick
• No more than 4-1/4 inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016 inches thick

Jumbo postcards require the same postage as a letter (currently 56 cents), or a Forever stamp and must be:

• More than 4¼″ x 6″ up to a maximum of 6⅛″ x 11½″
• At least 0.009″ but not more than thick, 0.25″ thick.