Are you registered to vote? Use VotePoke to make sure you can vote on Super Tuesday, February 5. Click Here

Dear MoveOn Member,

With Tuesday's results, it's clear that the race for the Presidential nomination may well turn on voters in California. Why? The Democratic and Republican nominees are likely to be decided on "Super Tuesday," February 5, when 24 states (including California) go to the polls.

But in order to participate in this big decision, you have to be registered to vote, and the deadline is coming up fast. In California, your registration must be postmarked by Tuesday, January 22nd. You may think you're registered, but it's worth making sure—and we've made it easy.

Working with the folks at Catalist¹, we've built VotePoke, a new website that for the first time lets you quickly and easily check to see whether you are registered to vote, and then invite your friends to do the same. Click here to get started:

http://votepoke.org

If you aren't registered, you can use VotePoke to register online in just minutes. VotePoke also lets you invite friends—and if your friends aren't registered, you can gently "poke" them until they do, using our handy online tool.

New voters, especially young voters, are turning out in record numbers so far. We'll be in great shape for the election next November if we can keep these new voters engaged—and you can help by taking responsibility for your own group of friends.

Voter registration is public information, but states don't make it easy to access. So until now, this data has mostly been available to the political consultants, but not to real people. Now, with VotePoke, all that's changing—anyone can make sure their friends are signed up and registered.

You would be surprised at how many of your friends aren't registered—or used to be registered—or really just aren't sure. Click here to start the "votepoking" and make sure every vote counts on Super Tuesday and beyond.

http://votepoke.org

Thank you for all you do.

–Eli, Marika, Daniel, Wes, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
  Friday, January 11th, 2008

P.S. VotePoke isn't 100% accurate—sometimes there are delays as states get us data about who is registered. But it's a big step forward from the old system, where most people had to call their election office or go in person. If you want to be 100% sure, checking with your local election office is still your best fallback option.

1. Catalist, http://catalist.us, provides voter data to organizations across the progressive movement.

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