Press Release One
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release by: (company's name/address)
Contact: (name/telephone number)
(Company's name) Aims to Produces Votes for Election Day
(City, Date) — Today (name of company) launched an in-house campaign to help their employees register and vote on Election Day, Nov. 4, 2008.
(Name of company), located at (address), is participating in a nationwide effort organized by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) to empower and promote greater civic participation by educating their employees about the American political process. (Name of company) has encouraged their employees to register to vote and, more importantly, motivated their employees to go to the polls on Election Day.
Today, (name of company) kicked off its campaign by distributing voter-registration forms and telling employees how, where and when they can register.
“We just want to make voting a little easier for our employees,” explains (name of owner/operator). ”Research has shown that the main reason people don't vote is because they think the process of registering to vote is too inconvenient and confusing. Our aim is to act as a clearinghouse of information for our employees so they have every opportunity to vote.”
(Include a short blurb about your company here.)
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Press Release Two
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release by: (Company’s Name/Address)
Contact: (Name/Telephone Number)
It’s Never Been Easier to Get Involved
(City, Date) – In an effort to provide employees with information about issues and candidates in the upcoming election, (name of company) has established an intranet site for its employees. The nonpartisan site will include voter registration, issue overviews and links to relevant government agencies.
(Include short summary of your company here)
The (name of the company) website was launched with the purpose of giving employees an opportunity to learn about the candidates and issues before Election Day so that they will be able to make an informed voting decision.
'Promoting voting is the right thing to do and a way to get employees involved in
the community they live in,' states (name of owner/operator).
(Name of company) hopes this outreach encourages more employees to head to the polls on Election Day.
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