How I Became a One-Way Pen Pal for Democracy
I Write Postcards to Try to Reform Ballot Scofflaws. All the While Wondering, Who Are These People Anyway?
Oh, you beautiful souls in Battle Creek, Michigan: the teacher, the pipelayer, the barista, the big-hearted tech at the vet’s office checking in a scared family’s pug. How I wish you would stop being an infrequent participant in our democracy and take the time to vote in the upcoming election.
Scratch that. I’m off script.
I became a one-way pen pal for democracy in 2018, writing letters and postcards to strangers in the lead-up to that year’s midterm elections.
I had spent the months before marching for women, science, immigrants, and Muslims. …
