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For immediate release.
Oct. 27, 2004
Contact: Bryan Warner, N.C. Center for Voter Education, 877-258-6837 (toll free)

Go Vote PSA Contest Results

RALEIGH - Voter apathy has been a problem in North Carolina, but some young voices are getting the word out on why that needs to change.

The results are in for the “Go Vote! 04” public service announcement contest, sponsored by the NC Center for Voter Education. The contestants- most of whom are not yet old enough to vote- used video, audio and graphic art to convey the power of voting.

Selected entries are posted online at www.ncvotered.com/govote, along with a complete list of contest winners. First-, second- and third-place winners in each division received $100, $50 and $25, respectively.

The “Go Vote! 04” PSA contest winners are:

1st place, video PSA: Denise West’s 10th grade Civics & Economics Class, Apex High School
2nd place, video PSA: Nick D’Amico, Spencer White, James Price & Talal Zahoor, East Chapel Hill High School
3rd place, video PSA: Andrew York, Cary High School

1st place, audio PSA: Austin Taylor, Raleigh

1st place, graphic art (high school): Aaron Quidley, Sanderson High School
2nd place, graphic art (high school): Sarah Oldham, Sanderson High School
3rd place, graphic art (high school): Jasmine Motley, Apex High School

1st place, graphic art (college): Todd Luck, UNC-Pembroke

1st place, graphic art, (non-student): Lorrie Guess, Durham

In its inaugural year, the Center’s PSA contest saw youthful enthusiasm and creativity applied to a great cause.

“These PSAs show that young people in our state do realize the power of voting, even if they are not yet old enough to vote for themselves,” said Bryan Warner, director of communications for the Center. “We hope folks who are of voting age will see these PSAs and remember the excitement felt the first time they voted, and recommit themselves to casting a ballot this year.”

The “Go Vote! 04” PSA contest is part of the Center’s “Go Vote! 04” project, which includes a website with voter information. The Center has also created a free online voter guide featuring candidates for Council of State, General Assembly, Court of Appeals and NC Supreme Court. The guide is found at www.ncvoterguide.org.

The NC Center for Voter Education is a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization, based in Raleigh, dedicated to increasing informed voter participation through research, education and outreach.

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