July 31, 2007 11:43 AM

Changing the System

A few weeks ago we talked about Bush administration's suppression of poor voters. With all the problems in our country and corruption in our government, we need every voter to participate in the democratic process. But how can we create a new strategy to engage more people and get them to register to vote? The answer:

Today, on Open Left, Adam Klaus unveiled the plan for the new Working Assets and Rock The Vote free voter registration widget.

In a nutshell, we're making it as easy for people to fill out a voter registration application via your blog or web site as it is to post a YouTube video. And we're providing easy-to-use tools to measure your progress and get in touch with your newly registered voters.

Over the next month or so, we'll be rolling out the full functionality of our voter registration widget - a portable application that anyone can embed in virtually any webpage, allowing users to complete a voter registration application for their state that they can open as a PDF, print, sign, and mail in.

The full administrative interface where you can sign up and grab the widget on your own will be up by September 1. If you want to be updated on the status of the program, or have an urgent need to be signed up before then, drop me an email at aklaus@workingassets.com.