‘Votergasm’ to lure the young

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NEW YORK Oct. 16. —Ms Liz Gately a recent Oxford graduate and her Ivy League friends are the architects of “Votergasm”, the most outrageous of a colourful array of “get out the vote” efforts on the Internet.
“Votergasm” describes itself as “non-partisan but pro-partying” and urges young people to reward those who vote with sex and to punish those who don’t by refusing to sleep with them. Visitors to the site can sign a “Votergasm” pledge, mimicking those employed by the official presidential campaigns.

The first level is a “citizen”, who pledges to withhold sex from non-voters for a week after the poll. The next level is a “patriot”, who promises to have sex with a voter on election night and to withhold sex from non-voters for a week. The highest level is an “American hero” who pledges not only to have sex with a voter on election night but also to forswear sex with non-voters for the next four-year presidential term.

At other sites Americans can redeem voting pledges for on-line dating points, get free “wax bush” tokens for bikini lines, buy underwear adorned with political slogans, or take part in a “great kiss-off” to President George W. Bush. Most of the sexy offerings come from the political Left. “On the Left, we are used to being these pain-in-the-ass anarchists ... they are much more likely to come up with creative things,” said Mr John Hlinko, a pioneer of internet activism. “On the Right, I don’t see as many little groups springing up.”

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