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September 14, 2011 10:55 pm GMT

Votizen Launches "Virtual Precinct Walk  For San Francisco Mayor Ed Lees Election

votizenVotizen, a new platform for connecting registered voters with elected officials, is launching the first-ever "virtual" precinct walk today, starting withSan Franciscans for Jobs and Good Government,acommittee supporting Ed Lee for Mayor of San Francisco. This virtual precinct walk is a modern update on traditional door-to-door campaigning, where previously, apolitician's supporters would walk through neighborhoods, knock on doors and encourage their fellow citizens to go out and vote.With Votizen, this process has finally been brought into the 21st century. It allows online volunteers to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to send out personalized messages to their friends. These messages ask friends to commit to voting in an upcoming election.

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