Brit Joss Stone Urges Americans to Vote

Posted on Oct 18th 2008 3:00PM by Benjy Eisen
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Now that Joss Stone is old enough to vote, she has decided to make a difference in the presidential election. Never mind that she's not, you know, a United States citizen. Since that disqualifies her from actually voting, she's encouraging everybody else to get to the polls on November 4, by performing the night before at Headcount's 'Get out the Vote' party in NYC. She will be joined by Robert Randolph, ?uestlove and members of Galactic, among others. The concert will be streamed live on iClips.net beginning at 8 PM EST. (Headcount is the leading music-driven voter registration organization co-founded by the Disco Biscuits' Marc Brownstein).

Stone has also posted a brand new song called 'Governmentalist' to Headcount.org as a free download. The tune was originally inspired by political events in Great Britain, and was written as a response to criticism Stone received from her government for speaking up about lack of medical treatment available to Iraq War veterans.

Stone won't say which presidential candidate she endorses, however she makes it clear for anyone who can read between the lines, on her blog. In her latest entry, Stone writes, "There are millions upon millions of people who will be hugely affected by this election and cannot vote because of age or nationality. So please, if you have a say, be grateful that you do and use it."

Oh, look, our lil' girl is all grown up!

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