Warner Putting His Cell Phone Knowledge to Work

At Concord High School in New Hampshire on Friday, Governor Warner announced the launch of a nationwide voter registration contest using cell phone text messaging.

The TxtVoter contest is a flagship initiative of Forward Together’s YouthRoots program, a Web-driven youth outreach effort to encourage young Americans to engage and participate in the November 2006 mid-term elections.

TxtVoter, is a technology organization which utilizes cell phone communications to begin the voter registration process via text messaging. TxtVoter sends a text message with instructions customized for the state in which the person would like to register to vote. For the New Hampshire students, they will receive text message instructions on where their polling place is located and that they can register to vote there on Election Day.

In addition to the TxtVoter contest, the YouthRoots site features testimonials from young activists, links to more information about Forward Together and Governor Warner, including videos of Mark Warner on YouTube, and even the ability to add him as a friend on Facebook. Click here to visit the YouthRoots site.

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