Young electoral organization seeks to mobilize voters on Discord using AI chat-bot

Youth election organization NextGen America is launching an effort to connect with potential voters in the gaming community using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot.

The new voter registration program aims to engage potential voters by leveraging the chatbot, called “VOTE-E”, on Discord, an increasingly popular social platform that allows communities to organize around interests and interact through online chats. text and voice.

The bot, which users can add to their server, can interact with others through direct messages, provide voting information, and help them register to vote at election time. The bot will also have the ability to direct users to voting sites and provide reminders about election dates.

“Encouraging the next generation of voters means connecting with them wherever they are, and for many, that is in online communities,” NextGen America President Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez said in a statement.

NextGen America’s Discord programs follow the organization’s mobilization efforts in swing states like Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, dedicated to energizing younger voters.

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“NextGen America’s Discord bot, VOTE-E, is a game-changing innovation that is taking youth voting organizing into the future,” Ramirez wrote.

“Young people are passionate about the issues affecting their communities and consistently lack resources and organization, he continued, “VOTE-E is another means of eliminating this disparity by providing young people with the critical education and resources they need to emerge. on Election Day through a reliable and accessible platform.

NextGen America registered more than 1.3 million young voters during the 2022 midterm elections, according to the organization.