The election has come and gone. We have elected Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and young voters were instrumental in his victory. We have witnessed a groundbreaking use of technology by the campaign that will change the way politics is played. Up to this point I have focused mostly on the campaign side of things, and while I will continue to write about the use of technology and youth mobilization in campaigns, I will also be expanding the subject matter that I cover.

As Democrats and young Americans we are transitioning from campaigning to governance, and my writing will reflect that. I will be writing a lot more about public policy, government 2.o, the role of young people in government, and strengthening the role of young people within the Democratic Party’s power structure.

Not all of the policy topics I will be writing about will be directly youth related, though I will be writing as a young voice in America. It is important that we as young Americans share our voices on all of the issues, not solely those that are labled as youth issues.

A lot of my youth-specific writing will be over on Future Majority, the best youth vote blog in the country, so remember to check that out.

Thank you all for reading and sharing my articles, posting your comments, and being a part of this community. Your participation means the world to me.

There’s a lot left for us to do. This is only the beginning. Let’s get to work.

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I made a new header for this site to replace the old typo one.

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As you may have noticed, this site was unavailable for most of today, There was a small error with the billing account but now everything is right as rain. I want to thank my hosting company, JaguarPC, for having ridiculously fast customer support. There is a reason I have been using them for years.

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36 hours from now we will begin our drive to Denver for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. There has been a lot to do to get ready, so posting has been slow, but I will be providing convention coverage as often as possible on here and on Future Majority.

I have received a lot of great comments and emails from people that were able to use some of the tips and tutorials I wrote in their own organizations, and I’m glad they have been useful to you all.

Maintaining this blog, writing and developing posts and tutorials, and traveling to events to cover involves a lot of time and money. If this blog has been useful to you please consider making a donation through Paypal to help with these costs. Every little bit helps.

Also, if anybody or their organization is interested in sponsoring this blog, please send an email to kbondelli@gmail.com with the subject line “Blog Sponsorship” with your name and/or the name of your organization for more info.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in Denver. Thank you all.

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I’ve returned from St. Louis after having a great time with a bunch of my college friends I haven’t seen in a long time. I am currently playing catch-up with everything online so tomorrow we will return to our regularly scheduled programming.

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I’ll be leaving for St. Louis in a few hours for my friends’ wedding. I probably won’t really be posting anything until Monday.

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Those of you who have tried using the search bar in the header of this site in the past probably noticed that it didn’t actually return search results. Well, after playing around with the php code I fixed the problem. You can now search this site for articles.

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This blog now has it’s own Facebook page where you can sign up to be a fan.

Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog on Facebook

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