Vote Hope and Stevie Wonder Plan to Sign, Seal and Deliver Voters to Obama on Super Tuesday With Latest PSAs

Vote Hope and Stevie Wonder Plan to Sign, Seal and Deliver Voters to Obama on Super Tuesday With Latest PSAs

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vote Hope intends to sign, seal and deliver voters to Obama with their latest public service announcement featuring Stevie Wonder. The video PSA, fourth in a series produced by the grassroots organization, encourages youth and underrepresented communities in California to vote during the February 5th primary. To view videos, go to: www.votehope2008.org or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=174GbeTQiQs.

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Wonder, who has been a visible Obama supporter, and whose song, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" has been played during Obama rallies, hopes that his efforts will help increase both voter turnout and support for Obama. "It's time to bring this country back to a good future," says Wonder. "You've got a voice, you've got a choice. Vote for Change," he adds. The forty-five second spot features Stevie Wonder writing in Braille to spell out his candidate of choice, Barack Obama.

Other Vote Hope videos feature hip hop artist Common, and several Los Angeles-based underground lyricists (Project Blowed), who wax poetically about why they support Obama.

"I'm voting for Obama because he's just there to do some good in the world," said Common in the video.

"A voteless people is a hopeless people. I didn't vote until I got Bush's first term, then the bogus sequel," spits MC Open Mike on the video.

Wonder, Common and lyricists take their "get-out-the-vote" message straight to the people via video-sharing Web sites like YouTube, MySpace and FaceBook. Vote Hope has also produced Tu Voz, Tu Voto (Your Voice, Your Vote), a Web-based, English and Spanish-language, serial melodrama about a fictional Ortiz family and their burgeoning support for Senator Obama. All videos are available on www.votehope2008.org and on the Vote Hope YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/VoteHope2008.

Vote Hope's goal is to increase voter support for Obama in the California primary. "Increasing voter turnout among young people and communities of color in California will be critical to Obama's success," said Vote Hope founder Steve Phillips.

About Vote Hope

Vote Hope is a new statewide political network championing democracy and justice in California. Our purpose and mission is to increase voter turnout in California among young people and people of color, who are grossly underrepresented in the current state electorate.

For more information, visit www.votehope2008.org

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