Sex pledges to boost US vote turnout

[emad]

BBC News

A new campaign to encourage young Americans to vote on election day is using a novel incentive - sex pledges.

Americans who sign up to Votergasm can pledge to withhold sex from a non-voter for up to four years until the next presidential election in 2008.

A spokeswoman told the BBC that the internet-based campaign aims to boost voter turnout among young people, as well as promoting safe, consensual sex.

Organisers claim that 30,000 people have already signed up to the campaign.
More Votergasm:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3762028.stm

[aden_nak]

1. Damn, I was hoping this worked in the OTHER direction.

[German-Lefty]

2. Links to Votergasm and FTheVote

www.Votergasm.org
www.FTheVote.com

It sucks I'm in Germany. I wouldn't mind doing a little service for my country :-). I'll be back for thanksgiving, ...

Here's a nice salon article with interviews with the site creators.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/10/21/gotv/index.html

Honestly I don't think this will have too much of an effect this time around. Only a few thousand will be effected.