Labor & Employment Law

Enter The ?Why Are You Voting?? Video Contest

By James Parks

Young people voted in huge numbers in 2008. The members of Congress we elected have had their say on issues from health care to immigration reform. On Nov. 2, we?ll have our say because we have the power to vote for or against every one of those members.

Some 30 youth organizations, including Rock The Vote and Campus Progress, the youth division of the Center for American Progress, are teaming up to launch Vote Again 2010, an unprecedented campaign to turn out young voters. As one of the campaign?s posters says: ?Voting is Like Flossing. You Have To Do It Every Time.?

To kick off its campaign, Vote Again 2010 is sponsoring an online video ?Why Are You Voting?? contest, with a grand prize of $5,000. The contest began yesterday and runs through Oct. 19. The videos must be between one and five minutes long and address one of these questions:

• Why do you plan to vote again in 2010?
•  Why should young people vote again in 2010?
•  How do you plan to inspire participation in our democracy?

For more information on the contest, watch the video above or visit the contest website here.

If you want to get involved in energizing the youth vote this year or just want to check out some of the issues affecting young voters in this election, click here.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on August 27, 2010 (boomark / email).