MoveOn.org announces registration drive

One of the groups that boosted Barack Obama early and often announced today its biggest effort yet on behalf of the Democratic nominee: A drive to register 500,000 new young voters in battleground states.

"Trust me, my generation is totally behind Barack Obama. But too many of us are still not registered," Eli Pariser, the youthful executive director of MoveOn.org says in a video posted on the group's website.

For Obama to win the presidency, all that enthusiasm among young people has to be turned into actual votes on Election Day, reminds Pariser, standing in front of Invesco Field in Denver, where Obama will give his acceptance speech tonight.

"Remember Florida in 2000, remember Ohio in 2004?" Pariser says, citing the razor-thin races that cost Democrats Al Gore and John F. Kerry the White House.

"And here's the cool thing, we won't just tip this one election. we'll bring in thousands of folks who'll keep voting progressive for election after election after election," Pariser said. "What we're talking about here is changing politics for the long term."

He said the group needs to raise $2.5 million for the volunteers, technology, and other requirements for the registration drive.