Monday, March 21, 2005
get your vote on
www.getyourvoteon.ca
they are counting down to the May 17, 2005 provincial election in BC
from Government of Canada Helps Youth “Get Their Vote On” With Groundbreaking New Technology
This is fine by me as long as they don't get some addled idea that we should vote using text messaging.
If you want to engage young people with flashy electronic gizmos that's fine, just remember that for the actual voting it must be on paper and counted by hand.
Here's what the CBC reported
from B.C. group texting to raise voter awareness
they are counting down to the May 17, 2005 provincial election in BC
Young people in British Columbia can now use their mobile phones to make their voices heard on key voter issues, thanks to a new mobile network developed by the University of British Columbia’s Mobile MUSE Project.
from Government of Canada Helps Youth “Get Their Vote On” With Groundbreaking New Technology
This is fine by me as long as they don't get some addled idea that we should vote using text messaging.
If you want to engage young people with flashy electronic gizmos that's fine, just remember that for the actual voting it must be on paper and counted by hand.
Here's what the CBC reported
Political organizers in British Columbia are hoping to use cellphone text messaging to get young people interested in politics.
The non-partisan group "Get Your Vote On" plans to blitz the cellphones of its young members with polls and alerts in anticipation of the May 17 provincial election.
The program is based on the idea that young people need to be engaged on their own terms, said group spokesperson Olive Dempsey. She thinks the future of democracy may rest with the cellphone.
"Democracy does not begin and end with a ballot box," said Dempsey.
"Democracy is about building democratic habits and it is about engagement and that is what we are going to be doing."
from B.C. group texting to raise voter awareness
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