This is interesting:
Would-be voters with cell phones can now start the process of registering by sending a simple text message, thanks to a program the Pennsylvania League of Young Voters Education Fund unveiled this morning.
Cell phone users need only send the message "Pgh" or "Pa" to the number 75444. They will get a message asking for their name and address, and if they supply it, an already completed voter registration form will be sent to their home.
The would-be voter needs only to sign it and send it in by the Oct. 10 registration deadline to vote in the Nov. 7 election. On Election Day, the person will get a text message reminding him to vote and telling him where his polling place is.
Khari Mosley, regional director of the fund, said he was "very excited about this. . . . Our group is always striving to think of new ways to encourage voter registration, especially among the younger population."
The messages are sent via a secure channel and the information provided by registrants will be kept private, the fund said.
via Keystone Politics. As long as everyone gets those reminder calls and they get the correct polling place information, it sounds like a good deal. Of course these days, those are big ifs.
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