Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Voting/Nonprofits/ & Issues That Matter: Voter-Mobilization 2008

Working Assets, the phone company that helps people donate to nonprofit groups when they use their services, has begun a nationwide effort to register new voters. Working Assets has partnered with nonprofits Women's Voices. Women Vote. - WVWV - (www.wvwv.org) and Project Vote (www.projectvote.org) to register new voters in 2008. This partnership is meant to reach a diverse population to increase voter registration and participation. "With the presidential campaigns heating up earlier than ever before, the stakes have never been higher, so it's important that people have a say in the outcome."

The campaign gives members easy ways to make a contribution to reach single women, minorities, and the poor -- three groups that have traditionally lagged behind other Americans in the democratic process -- just by adding a tax-deductible donation to their August bill payment. Additionally, anyone can make a donation online at WorkingAssets.com/onemillion. All contributions made through phone bills and online are matched 100 percent, up to $500,000.

To register to vote, GOVOTE.ORG: Online Voter Registration from Working Assets and Mobile Voter