Rock the Vote Partners With Xbox Live

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 22, 2008 @05:02PM from the strategy-guides-available-at-planetdiebold dept.

Gamepolitics notes that starting next Monday, Xbox Live users will be able to register to vote using their game console. They'll also be able to participate in polls and "voice their opinions to the presidential candidates." Quoting the press release: "This is the first time that Rock the Vote has joined forces with an entertainment partner such as Xbox to reach voters under 30. Xbox LIVE is the largest online social network connected to the television, with membership totaling 12 million -- if Xbox LIVE were a state, it would rank as the country's seventh largest, giving it approximately 20 electoral votes. Xbox also will have a presence at both the Democratic and Republican conventions, promoting the Rock the Vote partnership and educating delegates about creating a safer entertainment environment on Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE using the built-in parental controls known as Family Settings."

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Who needs cheap shots? by gnutoo · 2008-08-23 02:59 · Score: -1, Interesting

Reports of flaming power supplies and red rings of death have been enough to ensure the overwhelming success of Wii and PS3.
Registering to vote via non free software is a bad idea, matched only by non free software being used to count votes. The now admitted Ohio vote losses are the tip of a corruption and vote fixing scandal that will sink this practice.