Does this slogan make me look fat? Or Phat?
For all you 11th-hour Missourians who intend on voting in the fall election, you’ve got one more day to get yo’selves registered (Kansas has until Oct. 20). There are opportunities aplenty around KC to sign up and engage in some freestyle democracy — a couple of interesting ones:
This Missouri program brings attention to voting and voter registration through an original billboard design campaign. A nonpartisan effort created by a coalition of artists and arts enthusiasts at the beginning of 2008, the goal is to engage younger voters and the creative community prior to the election. Tonight, the organization is promoting ”Midnight Madness” registration events across the state, including 2 local ones:
- The Kansas City Art Institute will host live music and voter registration for faculty, staff and students on campus, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- The public is invited to listen to music, enjoy relaxing conversation and register to vote all evening at YJ’s Snack Bar, 128 West 18th Street in the Crossroads, 8 p.m. until closing.
Vote Up or Shut Up – Hot 103 Jamz
Most of us are familiar with “Vote or Die,” the 2004 youth voting campaign spearheaded by P. Diddy’s Citizen Change, an organization which primarily existed to sell T-shirts. Local radio station KPRS-FM has adopted a similar message for their voter registration encouragement, but softened it a bit to “Vote Up or Shut Up.” Admittedly, we don’t quite know what it means to “vote up,” but we do get the point about your vote being your voice in this political process. They have links to resources in both Kansas and Missouri to connect people with voting information.
If you’re concerned about registering through one of these outlets connected to the infamous Mainstream Media that we’ve been hearing so much about, then there’s still the dull ol’ Board of Elections office in your area. The KCMO site apparently had some misinformation posted recently, but it appears all has since been corrected.
So vote up, vote down, fight, fight, fight, get your vote on, rock your vote, or do whatever you need to in order to get registered. No matter which way you’re leaning in this election, showing up at the polls is the closest many of us will ever have to influencing government on both local and national levels. Other than bribery or blackmail, that is.
