As a teacher, I don't see how getting kids to notice that there is an election going on through Xbox Live could possibly be a problem. Just getting people to register is harmless. They still need to turn the box off and go stand in an hour-long line (or more on many college campuses and even local polling places).
If it gets a small percentage interested enough to actually look into what is going on, that's great. The other kids either know who they are going to vote for or aren't going to vote anyway. I don't see the problem.
I don't remember the exact statistic, but the young person who votes in his/her first election the first time he/she is old enough is something like 10 times more likely to be an active voter the rest of their lives.
It's a strange thing in America where the people least likely to live out the term are the people who vote the most (seniors) and the people who vote the least are the ones government will affect the most (young/poor). It's an odd world we live in. For better or for worse, depending on your political views, both the 2000 and 2004 elections would have been different in the 18-24 age group would have showed up in just slightly higher numbers in Florida and Ohio, respectively.
Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?
