Hasbro is designing a new UK Edition of Monopoly and is reaching out to consumers for input on what cities should become properties on the board. They are offering live results and it appears that 1,000's of votes have already taken place.
What I like about it is they have an entire "Join the Campaign" section of the site where they offer PDF versions of posters and provide a whole list of ideas for you to spread the word and get the vote out for your locality.
Here is the list:
Organise a rally in a public place – make your own placards to ignite the passion of your fellow citizens
Contact your local paper or TV – get the media involved and the message will spread far and wide
Write to your MP, Mayor or council
Tell your friends and family to vote too – every vote helps!
Got a website? – use the buttons here to link your site to the Monopoly one – make sure you tell people where to vote for through!
Start a blog – find fellow citizens to get involved
You can leave a comment on why your city should take the top spot when you vote!
I found a few sites in technorati that are already campaigning, like this one. One site, Ordo Ab Chao is discussing the viability of a script that could be written to game the system.
I found a bunch of blogs complaining that the site was down and it turns out that it is a result of this other guys attempt to stuff the ballot box.
Sad...you can't even have a silly contest like this without hackers trying to screw it up just for the fun of it.
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