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Subject: Policy Post 10.01: CDT Launches Election 2004 Youth Political
Empowerment Project
CDT POLICY POST Volume 10, Number 1, January 22, 2004
A Briefing On Public Policy Issues Affecting Civil Liberties Online
from
The Center For Democracy and Technology
(1) CDT Launches Election 2004 Youth Political Empowerment Project
(2) W.W. Norton Releases Youth04 Online Student Guide
(3) Youth04 Seeks to Create Relationship between Candidates and Young
Citizens
(4) Youth04 Targets South Carolina for First Primary Effort
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(1) CDT Launches Election 2004 Youth Political Empowerment Project
Last Fall, CDT launched Youth04, a project that seeks to synthesize
the best of the political Internet with the best of traditional
grassroots organizing to empower and motivate 18-25 year olds in the
2004 elections. The project is headed by CDT senior policy fellow
David M. Anderson, founder of Maryland Internet Politics Week and an
adjunct professor at George Washington University's Graduate School
of Political Management.
Much of the leadership and momentum of Youth04 comes from College
Chapter Leaders that Youth04 is recruiting and training. Sixteen
chapters are currently underway, including at the University of
Washington, Harvard, the University of South Carolina, Clemson,
Howard, George Washington University, and the University of Texas.
Youth04 has forged partnerships with major organizations focused on
young voters, including: Youth in Action, Mobilizing America's
Youth, United Leaders, Party Y, and Youth Venture. Other Youth04
partners providing content and outreach include Harvard's Institute
of Politics, the University of Washington's Center for Communication
and Civic Engagement, George Washington University's Graduate School
of Political Management, The Junior State of America, The Washington
Center, and People for the American Way.
In an op-ed last year in the Baltimore Sun, Youth04 head David
Anderson outlined the philosophy behind Youth04: "Next step for Net:
engaging undecided voters"
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.youth09dec09,0,1282215.story
?coll=bal-oped-headlines
The Youth04 website is at http://www.youth04.org .
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(2) W.W. Norton Releases Youth04 Online Student Guide
On January 15, W.W. Norton & Company released an online version of
"Youth04: Young Voters, the Internet and Political Power." This
booklet, written by Youth04 Executive Director David Anderson, sets
forth both a theoretical and practical guide to college students who
wish to become empowered this election year. Norton will market this
booklet in hard copy in the Fall in conjunction with the most widely
used political science textbook in America, "We the People," by
Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore Lowi, and Margaret Weir.
The Youth04 website also contains a College Curriculum page with
useful links and suggested topics for papers and discussions,
designed to help college professors raise in their classes questions
about young voter engagement.
"Youth04: Young Voters, the Internet and Political Power" is online
at http://www.wwnorton.com/wpt43 .
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(3) Youth04 Seeks to Create Relationship between Candidates and Young
Citizens
Youth04 is focused on giving young voters a voice in the 2004
elections, in races from President on down. To bring the beliefs
and sentiments of young voters to the candidates, online and offline
strategies will be employed, including Web-based efforts like
petitions and online votes that will aggregate the viewpoints of
young voters. Two Youth04 discussion boards are up, with more to
follow. Candidates are being urged to make postings.
The project also intends to use viral political marketing techniques.
A petition that seeks to affirm young voters' desire to become
empowered this election cycle is currently circulating around the Net.
Youth04 is encouraging restaurants and cafes to provide discounts to
young people who wish to meet to discuss politics. Youth04 Chapters
is also seeking to forge relationships with nonstudent 18-25 year
olds at community technology centers in an effort to bridge the civic
divide, which lines up in many ways with the digital divide.
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(4) Youth04 Targets South Carolina for First Primary Effort
Youth04 has launched it first targeted effort in South Carolina. With
two weeks to go before the pivotal February 3 primary, Youth04 has
three college chapters (USC, Clemson, and Claflin,an historically
black college) working to create a relationship between young voters
and the candidates.
South Carolina Youth04 has its own webpage, which now features a
contest between USC and Clemson, arch rivals, to generate the most
signatures on a petition urging politicians pay attention to young
people.
In the primary season, Youth04 is also targeting Wisconsin,
Massachusetts, Maryland, and Ohio for special attention.
The South Carolina Youth04 webpage is http://www.youth04/states/sc/
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