LOS ANGELES — John Green and Hank Green are hoping to help encourage the YouTube community to rock the vote.
On Friday, the duo — who began their successful YouTube channel Vlogbrothers in 2007 — launched a new ****** called "How to vote in every State." The goal is to *help increase civic engagement in the U.S.
"Young people are the heart of the progressive movement, but they're also the least likely age bracket to vote," Hank Green told Mashable in an email interview. "Often times we talk about apathy, but it's also simply that figuring it out takes time and sometimes the information necessary to vote is confusing or difficult to access, especially since it's different in each of the 50 states. I remember being intimidated by the process the first time I voted, and I wanted to help people through that." Read more...