Maine Gubernatorial Race Goes Mobile

Here’s an interesting use of mobile technology in politics…Green Independent candidate for Maine Governor Pat LaMarche has launched an SMS service: “As of this morning students and citizens of Maine will be ask to text the word “Pat” and a topic (example: Pat Health Care) to the shotcode 30644. Later today Pat will be speaking at the University of Maine in Orono where her speech will be based on the top three topics that students and Maine citizens send to her via text message.” It also offers them a chance to sign up to an alerts service, “Pats Immediate Response Team”, “the purpose of which is to send out the latest insider news, call to actions, campaign ringtones and tips on how you can help Pat win”. Which is great, but I’m waiting for the day when you can SMS “Pat Health Care” and get back a summary of her policies on that topic.

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