*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** If you know of other interesting attempts to use Internet innovations in politics, drop me a note <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The key is to build up knowledge that helps us understand what tools and techniques are best at helping us achieve specific democratic goals. The days of assuming that the Internet will change politics as we know it because of generic Internet use are completely over. Steven Clift Democracies Online ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Send reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Scott Reents" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NYC online get-out-the-vote campaign Date sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:36:39 -0400 Here's an interesting idea we're trying in NYC: a viral email campaign to get people registered to vote and signed up for an Election Day alert telling them where their polling station is. Simple, and hopefully effective. Note, it only works for residents of NYC, but the it could potentially be deployed anywhere for any election. Scott Reents http://www.e-thepeople.org http://www.quorum.org For Immediate Release Contact: Michael Weiksner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e the People, 212-651-9259 Are You Registered to Vote or Not? Two New York Nonprofits Launch Internet Get-Out-the-Vote Campaign http://www.RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com New York, August 15, 2001. e the People and SavvyVoter announced the launch of a new online service to help New Yorkers get to the polls for this fall’s municipal elections. RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com (http://www.RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com) allows New Yorkers to learn if they are registered to vote, where they can vote, and what candidates are on the ballot in their district. “Less than one-quarter of New Yorkers voted in the last municipal election,” said Ted Kheel who funds SavvyVoter together with George Soros’s Open Society Institute, “We think RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com will help reduce the confusion and lack of knowledge that keeps many people from the polls.” Visitors to RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com can find out if they are registered to vote by entering their last name and birthday. If they are not registered, the site provides them with a printable registration form to send in. If they are registered, the site allows them to sign up for an email alert to be sent on Primary and Election Day with detailed instructions on when, where and how to vote. In both cases, RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com allows visitors to start and monitor the success of their own get-out-the-vote-campaign, by entering email addresses of friends and family whom they would like to encourage to vote. “RegisteredToVoteOrNot.com is a simple but powerful combination of Internet technology and public data,” said Michael Weiksner, Chairman of e the People. “It’s a grassroots campaign to get every New Yorker with an email address registered and signed up to receive a reminder to vote on Election Day.” The site launched August 14, just in time for the registration deadline for the primaries, which is August 17th. SavvyVoter (http://www.savvyvoter.org) is a nonpartisan election forum and information resource for New York City. It covers every race pertaining to New York City residents and gives all candidates an equal opportunity to communicate their positions free of charge. Citizens use the forum to compare candidates, discuss races and issues, and become active in the political process. SavvyVoter is project of the Earth Pledge Foundation. Partners include the League of Women Voters Education Fund’s DemocracyNet, the Brooklyn, New York, and Queens public libraries, and GothamGazette.com. SavvyVoter was started in 1998 and is funded by the Open Society Institute and TASK Foundation. e the People (http://www.e-thepeople.org) is a charitable organization seeking to improve civic participation through Internet technologies. e thePeople was started in 1998 and is funded through the support of individual and foundation contributors, including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. e the People operates a network of digital town halls in partnership with over 1,000 local media properties, including The New York Daily News, the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, and the Chicago Sun-Times. ### ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
