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September 24, 2008

Text Message Voters "Elect" Barack Obama

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & ATLANTA, Sep 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SMS text message voters at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) Wireless I.T. & Entertainment industry tradeshow in San Francisco have "elected" Barack Obama the next President of the United States. Using the mBlox mobile transaction network and mobile technology provided by Local Solutions Network (LSN), participants from around the country used the power of text messaging to cast their vote. Attendees cast their ballots by texting "McCain" or "Obama" to the short code 2VOTE (28683) to take part in this election. Obama captured 56.2 percent of the vote which was conducted September 10-12.

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