Candidates Using Technology to Reach Voters

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Channel: FOX 7 Austin · 2008 · News & Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama utilized internet sites like facebook.com and new technologies such as text messages to reach out to voters during his successful run for the White House. FOX 7's Crystal Cotti reports that several candidates in the upcoming city of Austin elections are looking to copy these tactics.

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