Phone Company Plans 2008 Voter Registration Push
On The Hill
Working Assets, a phone company that funnels money to progressive causes, says it is planning a major voter-registration effort for the 2008 elections.
The company has partnered with Women's Voices. Women Vote. and Project Vote on the registration effort.
"If we want to stop global warming and end the war in Iraq, we have to start by making sure all citizens have a chance to cast their vote in the 2008 presidential election," says Michael Kieschnick, president of Working Assets. "By working with these incredible organizations that have proven time and again that they can deliver voters to the polls, we are offering a surefire way for members of the Working Assets community to make a difference on Election Day."
The campaign gives members easy ways to make a contribution to reach single women, minorities, and the poor -- three groups that have traditionally lagged behind other Americans in the democratic process -- just by adding a tax-deductible donation to their August bill payment, the company says. Additionally, anyone can make a donation online. All contributions made through phone bills and online are matched 100 percent, up to $500,000.
