text messaging for voter registration

Last month MobileVoter launched what they call the "TxtVoter: Run Your Own Campaign" system.

According to Ben Rigby, Co-ED, it's a free system/service that allows individuals and organizations to use texting(SMS) to conduct their own voter registration campaigns. Users can define their own text-in keywords, print out customized postcards, track respondents, and win prizes. In sum, we’re giving civically minding people an accessible, effective, and fun tool to register their friends, family, and community.

Voter reg has never been done like this before. Instead of relying on a centralized top-down organization to go out and engage voters, our service puts the power in the peer-to-peer network. It’s worked for music and socializing; by Nov 7th we’ll know if it works for civic engagement!

So be sure to spread the word. And become a registrar at: http://www.txtvoter.org.