SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With less than a month left until Election Day, residents in Sacramento's District 2 are doing what they can to ensure everyone exercises their right to vote. They hope writing homemade postcards will encourage all registered voters to make their voices heard.
"We're writing postcards to those people that we're calling reluctant voters, those that did not vote in the last election," said Patricia Sayer-Handley.
Data from 2024's March primary shows 24,874 people are registered voters in District 2, but only 5,784 people voted in the district's city councilmember race.
In comparison, over in District 4, there are 38,105 registered voters and 18,501 of those people voted in that councilmember race.
"We are underserved in our district. We have a problem with litter. We have a problem with homelessness. We have a problem with alcohol sales," said Sayer-Handley.
As a resident of District 2 for 40 years, Sayer-Handley believes these postcards, addressed to registered voters in her district, will help encourage and empower her neighbors.
"By voting, they're empowering our city council person and that's absolutely critical. We do not need more plans. We don't need a lot more studies. What we need is action," she said.
The goal is to make 10,000 postcards to send out. Kate Johnson is a volunteer who believes these could work.
"I would just like to see the numbers go up from last year, or the last election. So, more people voted in this election than in the last election. That would be a success," said Johnson.
So far, the group has written a few thousand postcards and have gotten help from students at Grant High School to help write in hopes of meeting their 10,000 postcard goal.
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