Dixie Chicks--Martie, Natalie and Emily partner up with Rock the Vote!

Chicks Rock, Chicks Vote!

The Dixie Chicks and Rock the Vote are launching a new partnership called Chicks Rock, Chicks Vote! to get young people (especially us girls!) to register to vote online at www.rockthevote.org. The campaign was announced at a press conference held by Rock the Vote on July 21, 2003 in Santa Monica, CA. Thanks to their involvement with Rock the Vote, the Dixie Chicks are taking part in public service announcements and a special Web site that encourages you to speak out and learn about all the issues, which is being funded by a special $100,000 donation to Rock the Vote from the Dixie Chicks.

Rock the Vote's Executive Director, Jehmu Green.

Rock the Vote’s Executive Director, Jehmu Greene, said on their site, “Chicks Rock, Chicks Vote! is going to get young women registered to vote like never before. The Dixie Chicks are enormously popular with young women and they are the perfect partners for Rock the Vote’s campaign. Many young people who are not registered to vote say they don’t know how to do it or they have never been asked. We’re going to change that by bringing it right to them over the Internet. Our first goal for this campaign is to register 100,000 young voters in 2003 and then to make young voters a key battleground for the 2004 election.”

“Print it and sign it, lick it and mail it.”

Rock the Vote’s online voter registration brings the national voter registration forms directly to you on the Internet and allows you to complete the forms through an interactive web-based application. Once an individual walks through the process, the tool will complete a PDF version of the National Voter Registration Form (which Rock the Vote pushed for as part of the Motor Voter Act of 1996). The printed form provides the address for your elections office. As the tool explains, all you have to do is, “Print it and sign it, lick it and mail it.” Rock the Vote will also follow up to remind you by email about deadlines and other important “where” and “how” aspects of voting on Election Day. Check it out here.

Press Conference Pics!

Sarah Evans chats with GirlSite Editor Jennifer Park and GirlSite Journalist Stephanie.	GirlSite Journalist Stephanie practices her question she prepared for the Dixie Chicks.	The Dixie Chicks announce their partnership with Rock the Vote!

The Dixie Chicks answer questions and posed for pictures for the press.	GirlSite sat in the front row of the press conference and was privileged to ask the first question.	GS Journalists Stephanie and Claire and Contributor Brooke show their GirlSite spirit for Rock the Vote.

	About Rock the Vote Founded in 1990 by leaders of the recording industry, Rock the Vote is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to protecting freedom of expression and empowering young people to change their world. For more information, log onto www.rockthevote.org.