Emily's Musings

Carrie the Vote

"We're fabulous because we have the power to decide this year's election. And everybody knows it..."

Via Feministing, we have another entry in the single-women-need-to-get-out-and-vote bandwagon. This one is carriethevote.com, another voter reg site aimed at those Sex and the City Voters.

This is a female focused website dedicated to encourage voting among nearly 38 million unmarried female US voters. In a lightly sarcastic and humorous tone, CTV seeks to be a girlfriend-to-girlfriend guide to women on the voting process. The content is especially designed to help overcome challenges particular to women face in order to cast a vote during elections. There is also special emphasis on how women can try to reach out to other women to become regular voters. This website hopes to also enlighten our community that women’s busy lives are not easily conducive to participating in democracy, and so Carriethevote.com hopes to address this problem and offer positive practical solutions.

Their gimmick? "CTV also seeks to change attract new members by holding an exciting raffle to give away a pair of brand new ladies Manolo Blahnik shoes."

I'm still not sure who all these women are that didn't vote in 2000. Everyone I know voted (at least I assume they did!)

I think I like the Smart Women Vote message better (and I just received my election kit in the mail the other day)