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Super Tuesday: Getting Out the Youth Vote with Citizen Journalism

February 4, 2008 | CorinneRamey

file under:
citizen journalism, election, get-out-the vote, mtv

This February 5th isn't just any Tuesday in the United States. It's Super Tuesday, so named because 23 of the 50 states are holding presidential primaries, making it the contest that could potentially determine the all-important presidential Democratic and Republican nominees.

Television station MTV (Music Video Television) has an innovative new effort to get out the youth vote and merge citizen journalism with mainstream media. The effort, dubbed "Street Team '08," is made possible through mobile phones.

Voto Latino

file under:
get-out-the vote, hispanic, voter turnout, Voting, Democracy, and Civic Engagement

operates in:
United States

contact:
http://www.votolatino.org/

Voto Latino has used SMS messaging in voter registration campaigns. They have also worked with Mobile Voter. You can read more about Voto Latino on the MobileActive blog here.

References / Past Projects

Founded in 2004, Voto Latino works to promote an enfranchised America by leveraging celebrity voices, the latest technology and youth themselves to promote positive change.

From www.votolatino.org:

Voto Latino is powered by YOU. Join us as we seek to make history in the
2008 presidential election. With over 46 million Latinos strong in the US and 60% under the age of 30, young American Latinos hold the power to change
the elections in 2008 and carve out a new American history.

Young American Latinos blazed the path to historic marches last Spring
-- let's not be silenced at the polls where the true power lies.Become a Voto Latino member, share your views, ask questions about the electoral process
- get informed.

Learning about the issues, the candidates and the process has never been
more important. Remember - elected officials work for YOU!

We're just getting started. Keep coming back and see when Voto Latino and
its Artist Coalition is coming to your city.

TXT OUT THE VOTE: Text Messaging Increases Voter Turnout

September 13, 2007 | KatrinVerclas

file under:
elections, get-out-the vote, mobileactive, sms and politics, text messaging, voter turnout

Text messaging works to get out the youth vote. Researchers from Princeton and Michigan Universities, together with the US Student Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) New Voter Project and Working Assets finally released a study of their text message mobilization efforts in the United States elections in November 2006. The fact sheet is here, the full study with the different forms of text reminders and outine of the methodology is attached.

The study found that text message reminders to new voters increased an individual’s likelihood of voting by 4.2 percentage points. This is an increase similar to "quality phone call" reminders but at a fraction of the cost, indicating that partisan and nonpartisan voter mobilization efforts need to urgently get on the mobile bandwagon.