About Ready to Vote
Ready to Vote is launching a state-wide educational campaign to encourage young people to register to vote and get excited about the 2008 Presidential election.
In 2003 Ready to Vote hosted the first Gubernatorial Debate with Governor Sanford and former Governor Hodges. Then in 2004, WIS-TV Craig Melvin hosted a forum with over one hundred high school students about what young people found important within the political system.
In 2007 Ready to Vote grew even larger by adding its own Pod Squad. The team's main goal is to go out to high schools and educate students about the importance of voting. They also attend fundraisers and rallies with Presidential candidates when they enter South Carolina. The Pod Squad has been able to interview the majority of the candidates from Senator Hillary Clinton to Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
With South Carolina ETV, Ready to Vote and the Pod Squad will reach out to thousands of first-time voters between now and the election. We will be traveling around the state getting to know the candidates, and going into high schools to educate students on the importance of voting.
Check our website regularly to find new video, pictures and news on all your favorite Presidential Candidates. To contact the Pod Squad, send an email to readytovote@gmail.com.
This site provides an online quiz based on these eight educational content pages about voting:
- Why bother?
- It's your right!
- Gov-ern-ment
- What's stopping you?
- Step up!
- Look out!
- Know where to go
- Who's Who?
Ready To Vote also features a RTV Reports section where students can read and watch reports by student journalists from South Carolina. If you are a student who is interested in participating in this area by writing an article or producing a video package, please Contact Us.
Teachers: We have also designed classroom activities to complement the Ready to Vote project.
