About the Election Letters Project
A free tool for writing a real letter, on paper, to someone you know.
Why this exists
The Election Letters Project has a point of view. It is here for people who are concerned about the policies of President Trump's administration and want to say so, kindly and with facts, to friends, relatives and neighbors who support it.
A letter in the mail is hard to scroll past. It gets read at the kitchen table. This site helps you write one that sounds like you and can back up what it says.
How it works
- Choose your language, then pick two to five things that concern you, or add your own.
- Say how long the letter should be and who it is for.
- We build a prompt. You run it in the AI assistant you already use.
- Paste the draft back here and change any words you like.
- Choose the handwriting, ink and paper, then print.
- Fold it, tape it, address it, stamp it and mail it.
What it costs
Nothing. The Election Letters Project is free, and it will never ask for or accept donations. You supply the paper and the stamp.
Your privacy, in plain words
We do not know who you are and we have built the site so we cannot find out. There is no sign-up. There are no cookies, no trackers and no ads. What you type stays in your browser and is gone when you close the tab.
Two things are outside our control. Your own browser, device and internet provider can see that you visited. And the AI assistant you choose receives your prompt under its own privacy terms.
The full details are in the Privacy Policy.
Where the facts come from
Issues can come with a short set of facts that were checked by a person against a published article before they were offered to you. The AI is told to use only those facts. Where an issue has no checked facts yet, the AI may look for an article itself, but only from our list of approved news outlets, and you are asked to open and confirm each one.
The articles are listed on the back of your cover page so your reader can look them up. Sources include government records, wire services, public broadcasters, and conservative outlets that have reported critically on these policies. If you spot an error, write to info@electionletters.org.
It is your letter
The AI writes a draft. You read it, change it and decide whether to send it. Nothing is mailed by this site. The Election Letters Project is not sponsored by any candidate, party, PAC, lobby or political organization.
Built for everyone
The site works with screen readers and with a keyboard alone. You can enlarge the text or switch to high contrast at the top of any page, and have your finished letter read aloud before you print it.
Reading the site in your language
The site is written in English and Spanish. For any other language, your browser can translate each page for you. This is automatic translation, so some wording may be rough.
- Chrome and Edge: right-click the page, or open the browser menu, and choose Translate.
- Safari: tap or click the page menu in the address bar and choose Translate.
- Firefox: open the browser menu and choose Translate Page.
Your letter itself is never translated by the browser. You choose its language in step 1.
Who runs it?
You do. Every user plays their own unique role in running this website. It was inspired by one individual and then created with the help of Claude AI. That individual wishes more methods like this existed to bridge political division.
The individual also realizes that not everyone shares the core values upon which this website was conceived. Those who strongly disagree with its intent and fear its efficacy may develop a desire to cause unwarranted damage. Even harm. Without a clear figurehead, this will unfortunately lead to rampant speculation and wild conspiracy theories. That is the nature of the political division we witness every day. For these reasons, the individual will remain anonymous.
Made possible by Claude AI
This site was planned, designed and built in conversation between the individual who conceived it and Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic.
It began as a few paragraphs describing an idea. Claude turned them into a written build plan, mocked up every screen so it could be clicked through and argued over, drafted the wording of these pages, and wrote the code that runs the site. The individual made the decisions: what the site is for, what it says, and what it will never do.
It was not all agreement. Claude pushed back when an idea would have weakened the privacy promise or claimed more than the site could deliver, and the site is better for those arguments. Round after round of feedback went in, usually within minutes of being given.
You can draft your letter with any AI assistant you like. Anthropic has no connection to this site and has not reviewed or endorsed it.
Media Inquiries
Media inquiries may be emailed to info@electionletters.org. Only emails from reputable, trustworthy journalists, bloggers and organizations will receive responses. Please allow 2 business days for replies.