KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, they may not be old enough to make a difference this presidential race, but thousands, or hundreds of thousands of young people have already voted in the nation's first online election. And here now to talk about the digital trend and its future impact on young voters are Doug Bailey and Mary Leslie. They are both with Youth E-Vote. Welcome, you guys. And it's just -- I just saw you last week, because the headquarters was based at CNN. All these students were there voting on this mock election. Will you talk a little bit about the project and how it all worked and if it was successful?</s>MARY LESLIE, EDUCATION DIRECTOR, YOUTH E-VOTE: Yes, it was terrific. And the day down at CNN was terrific, the amount of courage you gave to the students. I think we had a very successful online vote, the first of its kind, the largest of its kind, over a million -- 1.3 students participated, they participated through their schools. The schools were our full partners, registering each student. Each student voted online for president, their Senate candidate, their governor candidate, and for nationwide issues. And the response was very positive. Students want to be involved in making decisions about what happens in the country.</s>PHILLIPS: Doug, you created Youth E-Vote. What gave you this idea? Why did you do it?</s>DOUG BAILEY, FOUNDER, YOUTH E-VOTE: Well, the notion was, in a country where young people don't see to be as involved as we'd like them to be, and civics education's sort of falling off in the schools, is there a -- was there a way to use online -- the online medium that (inaudible)...</s>PHILLIPS: Doug, hold that thought. We're going to cut real quickly to a fund raiser, or actually Gore is at a rally, at a prayer breakfast in Memphis, Tennessee. We're going to listen in and then come back.
E-Vote Gives Youth a Voice in Campaign 2000