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Team Turk on Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:54:06 AM
From United Press International:
With the Nov. 7 elections in the United States drawing closer, various groups have stepped up their efforts to register more voters.
The groups include such names as Rock the Vote, Focus on the Family, MySpace.com and Wal-Mart, reports Stateline.org. Their efforts include drives to let voters to use cell phones and text messages to get registration forms.
A jump in the number of new voters could become crucial in a number of congressional, gubernatorial and statehouse races, the report said.
MySpace.com is running ads urging members to register in partnership with "Declare Yourself," a nonpartisan organization formed in 2004 to enlist more young people to vote in the presidential election.
Wal-Mart will provide state-specific voter registration forms to all its 1.3 million of its employees.
The Colorado-based Focus on the Family, which promotes conservative Christian values, is active in eight states, the report said.
Black Youth Vote!, a project of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, aims to register 18- to 30-year-old African-Americans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan and Texas.
Rock the Vote is targeting young people in Arizona, California, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.