After becoming frustrated in 2006 when their friends did not vote -- not because they didn't care -- but because the process was too confusing and there was no one to guide them through it, four college students founded Go Vote Absentee.org to provide all the information anyone needs to request their absentee ballot and have their voices heard.
Before Go Vote Absentee.org was launched, many Americans who wanted to vote but were away from home on election day -- particularly students who are away at college -- used to have a hard time finding their absentee ballot request forms, deadlines, state-specific procedures, even the contact information of their county or municipal clerk.
Now, voters can type in their zip code and receive all the information they need at their fingertips. GoVoteAbsentee.org improves upon previously available resources by:
Go Vote Absentee.org was founded by Brown University students Sam Oliker-Friedland and Kyle Warren, Emerson College student Brian Moore, and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee student Michele Felski-Smith.
15 September 2008
Absentee Voting Made Easy - Go Vote Absentee.org
by
Andre Walker