Now that the d̶u̶s̶t̶ has settled, we thought it would be nice to give y’all a little glimpse into how Pizza to the Polls happened, and also give some shout outs. So tune in to this thread.
First, PTTP is an all-volunteer, non-profit operation. We have full time jobs, take no money from this, and are just doing it for love of democracy and pizza. We got off the ground right before the 2016 election, founded by @sduncombe, @katieharlowww and @noahmanger in Portland. 
If the success of 2016 caught us off-guard, 2018 completely rocked our world. We thought we were ready with a small crew of volunteers, but the demand for pizzas and outpouring of generosity was so incredible that we had to put out an emergency call for more. We had 20+ helping.
The day-of team included @downen, @spencemcc, @monkey_herder @spencemcc @mollieruskin, @erikamlindsey @go4erin @rowanwheeler @amelialark @trabblescrabble @jonathanowicki @tjhils @LydiaManger @jlthibault , @noahheller, Dustin T, and many more.
Our logo, pizza topping background, and custom GIFs were made by the talented by the talented Jacqi Ko. See more of her stuff at JaxKo.com and hire her for projects. The b-roll footage we collected was shot by @crownbishop. @sduncombe and @noahmanger made the site.
Some of us were holed up in a conference room in a friend’s office in Portland, and many others were scattered around the country. No exaggeration to say that we were ordering pizza as fast as humanly possible. It's v hard to spend $225,000+ on pizza in mostly a single day.
So how do the pizzas get sent? Like anything good, it all starts with a massive Google Sheet. Reports from the website ended up there, and we’d all be scrambling to verify the validity of the long line and the polling place. PS - We’ll try release data for you nerds soon.
Someone would then do a search on slicelife.com for the closest local pizza place and put in an order for 10-20 pies with instructions for the driver to give them out to everyone there. When local places weren’t available, we went with Dominos, who were also helpful.
Here’s where we give an extra special thanks to all the pizza places we worked with. These places were absolute heroes, some were churning out hundreds of pies with a short staff (it was a Tuesday after all). We tip 30+% to the driver as a thank you for the harder-than-usual job.
Anyway, some other fun things: We maxed out many credit cards, which felt kinda awesome, even though dealing with constant fraud alerts was pretty annoying. Amazingly, this didn’t stop us from sending 10,000 pizzas. Thanks to @SlicePizzaApp for working with us to figure it out.
We were completely energized by all the many reports from Twitter and Instagram of all the times when pizza arrived. So many people said how it changed the entire mood of a place and legitimately helped people stay in line. We’re so glad we could make a small difference.
So what next? We’re hashtag-blessed with two surprising things: a whole bunch more followers and a lot of money. We’re still figuring out what to do with it all, but you can bet it will go towards helping more and more people exercise their right to vote.
And if there’s special election or march or protest, you know we’ll be ready.
In the meantime, if you’re someone who got stuck in a long line, go take it up with your Secretary of State or local elections officials. Not a lot of people pay attention to these posts when elections aren’t happening, so go make your voice heard that that was not acceptable.
Let us know if you need help with that too. We know people.
And last, thanks to each and every one of you who tweeted, reported, donated and most important, stood in line and voted. Thanks for spending election day with us, in a weird, internet-y sort of way.
TILL NEXT TIME PIZZA PALS 😘👌
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