RESPECT MY VOTE CAMPAIGN TARGETS WORLD RECORD WITH ONE DAY VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE
WHO: Radio One, Hip Hop Caucus, and Respect My Vote
WHAT: Radio One, Inc. (www.radio-one.com) along with the Hip Hop Caucus - Respect My Vote Campaign (www.hiphopcaucus.org) target World Record by registering ore than 50,000 eligible persons in one day during the “One Vote” National Registration Drive
WHEN: Tomorrow September 30th 6 am – 9 pm
WHERE: 16 cities across America: Atlanta, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Philadelphia, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Richmond Washington DC and Los Angeles
WHY: 52 Radio One Inc stations across 16 cities will each broadcast live from one central location allowing registrars to register eligible voters on site. This nationwide voter drive is a joint effort between Radio One, Inc and Respect My Vote creator, Reverend Lennox Yearwood, also co-creator of the 2004 campaign "Vote or Die" with Sean "P Diddy" Combs. The initiative looks to bring the large number of African Americans, ages 18-29, who did not attend college out to the polls to participate in this year’s presidential election.
“We are committed to building awareness to the “Respect My Vote” Campaign,” explains Hip Hop Caucus CEO, Rev. Yearwood. “Our partnership with Radio One will help push the importance of registering to vote in this year’s presidential election to the more than 8 million unregistered African-Americans eligible to vote nationwide.”


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