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During an election season in which more than one-fifth of eligible voters will be younger than 30, AT&T Inc. and Rock the Vote today announced plans to use mobile technology in 2008 to help engage, educate and register millions of people, between the ages of 18 and 29, in an effort to build on recent increases in young voter turnout. How? By communicating with young people in their "native tongue."
3Screens News Summary:
- Rock the Vote and AT&T announced plans for the program today at a mock caucus for 300 Iowa high school students, an event that's part of Rock the Vote's Rock the Caucus program.
- The Iowa program is one component of Rock the Vote's nationwide 2008 mobilization program.
- Rock the Vote plans to register 2 million people from the target demographic to vote in 2008, which would be the largest youth voter registration campaign in history by more than three times.
- In addition to registration, RTV will use new technologies like mobile to educate and engage these young voters.
- In 2004, turnout of 18- to 29-year-olds jumped by 4.3 million votes compared with 2000 levels, and in 2006, turnout grew another 1.9 million from the previous midterm election. In 2008, 44 million young voters will be eligible to vote, a large and potentially powerful voting bloc.
- The AT&T and Rock the Vote campaign will employ wireless applications such as cross-carrier text message opt-in lists for election news and reminders, voter-registration updates and tools to facilitate increased registration.
- The campaign will also feature exclusive celebrity ringtones that promote the importance of voting, text-polling, reports from student journalists and event sponsorships, among other initiatives. Content from the program will be made available to consumers of all ages.
- Details on individual elements of the campaign will be made available throughout 2008.
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