Obama Scores Big with Voter Registration

In early April, Barack Obama's campaign announced a very creative way to persuade young voters to register their friends to vote. This effort, like many others, taps into personal persuasion strategies instead of detailed, cerebral, and academic strategies.

From the Obama campaign website (source):

As an Indiana high school student, you have a chance to play 3-on-3 basketball with Barack Obama! You just need to reach out to your friends and register fellow students at your high school to vote.

Indiana's voter registration deadline is coming up, and anyone who wishes to vote in the Democratic primary and support Barack must be registered by April 7th.

No prior experience is needed. It's easy. Just sign up, download registration forms, and start registering students at your high school to vote.* In order to qualify to play 3-on-3 with Barack, all registration forms must be turned in by April 6th at your local Obama office and you must register at least 20 high school students.

*You must be 18 by November 4th, 2008 in order to vote in the Indiana Primary on May 6th, 2008. That means most high school seniors can be registered to vote.