Enter The ‘Why Are You Voting?’ Video Contest
Young people voted in huge numbers in 2008. The members of Congress we elected have had their say on issues from health care to immigration reform. On Nov. 2, we’ll have our say because we have the power to vote for or against every one of those members.
Some 30 youth organizations, including Rock The Vote and Campus Progress, the youth division of the Center for American Progress, are teaming up to launch Vote Again 2010, an unprecedented campaign to turn out young voters. As one of the campaign’s posters says: “Voting is Like Flossing. You Have To Do It Every Time.”
To kick off its campaign, Vote Again 2010 is sponsoring an online video “Why Are You Voting?” contest, with a grand prize of $5,000. The contest began yesterday and runs through Oct. 19. The videos must be between one and five minutes long and address one of these questions:
- Why do you plan to vote again in 2010?
- Why should young people vote again in 2010?
- How do you plan to inspire participation in our democracy?
Voter Deception Continues Up to the Last Minutes of Election
Here is the latest of our updates on voting issues throughout the day. Share what’s going on at your polling place on our Open Thread here.
- The Minnesota Independent reports that three voters of Somali origin at a polling place in Minneapolis claim a translator working there was instructing people to vote for Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. The translator works on Coleman’s staff. The chief election judge eventually asked the translator to leave.
- The Election Protection coalition says its representatives have fielded complaints from voters who were informed that Election Day had been moved to Wednesday, Nov. 5. Some of the text messages are deliberately aimed at Democratic voters, saying that Obama supporters should cast ballots the day after Election Day, said Heather Smith, who’s been coordinating outreach efforts for Rock the Vote. The organization has fielded complaints of inaccurate text messages sent to Florida State University students and messages listing the wrong day to vote posted to several Facebook groups.
