July 27, 2006
Democracy at Your Fingertips
Mobile Voter’s current project, TxtVoter ’06, seeks to register voters across the country for the 2006 election.
Mobile Voter is a non-profit non-partisan organization that seeks to facilitate the process of civic participation via mobile technology. Over the past two years Mobile Voter has engaged in several innovative campaigns to register young voters. Examples of organizations using the service include Voto Latino and Working Assets.
Because nearly 80 percent of Americans own a cell phone and 63 percent send text messages regularly TxtVoter makes it possible to register to vote without a computer or the Internet. All you have to do to text “Voter” to 75444.
TxtVoter also provides the opportunity for non-profits and political campaigns to create their own drive to register new voters. Campaigns can send customized texts and online postcards to give new voters a friendly reminder to vote on election day.
"Mobility, affinity and immediacy are a way of life for this age group. By reflecting this lifestyle, TxtVoter aims to sustain the 2004 increase in young voters and get even more to turn out in 2006," said Grace Stanat, co-executive director of Mobile Voter.
Related Links:
Parties, nonprofits scramble for young voters
Mobile Voter Launches Free Text-Messaging Service to Register Young Voters
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