Channel One News Brings ``OneVote 2004'' to Teens with Third Online Election; Sponsored by Clearasil, OneVote 2004 Program to be Largest Online Vote Ever.LOS ANGELES -- Six Local Students from around USA Chosen to Report on their Communities Next week, Channel One News, the Peabody Award winning daily news broadcast, will conduct OneVote 2004 -- its third mock presidential election and the largest of its kind for young people. Sponsored by Clearasil, OneVote 2004 is designed to encourage its eight million viewers -- and an additional group of 500,000 eligible online voters -- to participate in the electoral process from an early age. OneVote ballots will be cast on October 19th and 20th, through www.channelone.com. The final results will be compiled, segmented by state, and announced on Channel One News on October 21st. Previous OneVote results have closely mirrored those of the general election. New to the initiative this year is "Team OneVote," a group of six teenagers who were selected from a pool of over 1,000 applicants. Team OneVote members were supplied with digital video cameras and in September began filing reports reflecting the diverse viewpoints of their individual schools and communities on the issues surrounding this year's campaign. The six teenagers include: Sage Dunston from Smoky Mountain High School Smoky Mountain High School is a public senior high school located in Sylva, North Carolina, United States of America. The school is the successor of the former Sylva-Webster High School and Cullowhee High School. in Sylva, North Carolina Sylva is an incorporated town located in central Jackson County, in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,435. ; Angela Frisbee from David Douglas High School David Douglas High School (DDHS) is a public high school hosting students between 9th and 12th grades. David Douglas is located in Portland, Oregon. The school is named after 19th-century Scottish botanist David Douglas, discoverer and namesake of such prolific Northwestern in Portland, Oregon; Alissa Irei from Arcadia High School Arcadia High School may refer to:
"The OneVote program gives teens the opportunity to make their voices heard," said Jim Morris, Executive Producer, Channel One News. "We are working to reverse declining voter registration levels among young people and to involve teens in the political process now, so they will be informed and active voters when they reach voting age." The OneVote program addresses the negative voting trend that began decades ago, when 18-20 year olds were granted the right to vote by the 26th Amendment. Since that time, voting by young adults has declined significantly. Channel One News is broadcast via satellite to more than 12,000 secondary schools across the country; it is the highest-rated teen television program in United States. About Channel One News A Primedia (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PRM PRM Partner Relationship Management PRM Parameter PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US State Department) PRM Partidul Romania Mare (Romania Mare Party) PRM Professional Risk Manager ) company in its 14th year of broadcasting, Peabody Award-winning Channel One News is the leading source of news and information for young people, with an average rating over 20 times that of MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . The 12-minute Channel One News broadcasts are delivered daily to nearly eight million students and 350,000 educators in nearly 12,000 middle and high schools across the country. In recent months, Channel One News has covered fast-breaking world events from regions such as Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar, and Qatar. Channel One News programming has been featured on leading networks and news programs, including CNN, ABC News, the WB, Nightline, and The Today Show. |
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