The Guardian put together a project called Operation Clark County. Clark County in Ohio was very nearly evenly divided in the last election, and the Guardian suggested that, in view of the effects of the election on the rest of the world, its readers might consider writing to voters in Clark County to try to persuade them to vote one way or the other.

Tim Blair used it as an excellent excuse to have a lot of fun at the expense of the Guardian, always a worthy enterprise, but more than a few bloggers took umbrage at the idea.

Count me out of the grumbling. Actually, I thought it was kind of a charming idea. Granted, I will read almost anything, but I think it would be kind of interesting getting a letter from someone in a different country, asking me to consider changing my mind. It was set up to avoid spamming.

Don't make any assumptions about the voter with whom you have been matched. His or her name comes from the publicly available voters' roll. The voter has not registered any party affiliation. (We don't want individual Clark County voters bombarded with lobbying letters so this site will assign only one name and address to each user - please don't pass yours on to anyone else.)

I do not think it will have much effect on the election, but it did produce one very funny parody, absolutely not to be missed.