"If You're Old Enough To Vote, You're Old Enough Not To Vote"

Megan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:40:00 EDT

As a reminder that states' registration deadlines start expiring on Monday October 6th (go here if you still haven't registered!!), Steven Colbert kicked off his Voter Abstinence campaign last night. It's modeled on sexual abstinence campaigns, and encourages young people (less than half of whom voted in 2004) to consider whether they're really ready to commit to a candidate this time. John McCain approved his message, such as, but not the orgy.

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Dodai — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:20:00 EDT

In this electrified election year, where can America's youth turn for voting tips? To the ladies of The Hills, of course. Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port appear in a series of "register to vote" public service announcements. Says Lauren, rather woodenly: "In the time it takes to write the perfect text message, you could register to vote in the 2008 election." In another spot, Whitney claims you can register in the time it takes to say goodnight to your crush. Duly noted! (Click the picture to see the video.) [Think.MTV]

Here's another:

Jezebel: register to vote

"If You're Old Enough To Vote, You're Old Enough Not To Vote"

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