Texting to victory

The power that text messaging could play on election day.

A valuable resource is right in front of us, and only if we are smart that very resource could maximize voter turnout on election day.  All across America, tens of millions of text messages are sent out each day.  These messages, sometimes no more than three or four words, allow family and friends to remain connected with one another in a culture that now more than ever is on the go.

All of us should take full advantage of text messaging.  All it would take is just a few minutes on the morning of election day.  Text your family, friends, workers, co-workers, neighbors and local businesses -- remind them to get out there and vote on election day.  If they have absentee ballots and they still didn't fill them out, tell them to do so and turn them in at their local precinct.  By law, they can also be mailed on election day.

The best part about this resource is that if used by the Democrats it will maximize turnout among youth voters, who more than ever are trending Democratic.

It might not seem like a big deal.  But if on election day all of us texted every single person we knew that had cell phone service, then we would be doing a whole lot in a national contest that is expected to be decided by the slimmest of margins.  Every vote makes a difference.