Wednesday, February 28, 2007

SMS for politicians

SMS is slowly making inroads onto US political scene. Here are just a few examples how SMS has been used so far, not only in the US but around the world:

  • SMS petitions organized by Amnesty International permitted individuals to text a message asking congress to close Guantanamo Bay prison
  • Russia’s President Putin, during his annually nationally televised event, in October of 2006, permitted voters to text in questions.
  • In October of 2006, The Republican National Committee unveiled a program where they are inviting mobile users to sign up online for SMS election-related breaking news and action alerts.
  • In Israel, a new initiative by MK Israel Hasson will let anyone send suggestions for new laws by text message. The best ones will be proposed to parliament. According to Hasson, the initiative stemmed from “the real desire to draw new ideas from the public."


To summarize the current state of text messaging in the US politics, there is a great vacuum that can be filled with targeted efforts, especially in organizing volunteers and informing the electorate.


MESSAGEbuzz has worked with John White and MoveOn.org. We are getting more into this segment of the SMS market.

I know that this is a bit of shameless self promotion but even I have to do this sometimes. Klem
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