When we write the history of the Internet, we’ll remember 2012 as the year Internet users realized their political power. Last winter, millions of us came together to defeat SOPA and PIPA, two nasty bills that would have broken the open Internet and made it harder to communicate online. Over the summer, many of us who were central to the SOPA/PIPA fight drafted and released the Declaration of Internet Freedom, which was translated into 70 languages and signed by more than 2,000 organizations.

Meanwhile, our friends at Fight for the Future launched the Internet Defense League to mobilize websites and networks to protect Internet freedom from bad legislation and corporate monopolies.

Now, Fight for the Future is teaming up with Personal Democracy Media to launch The Internet Votes, a project to get Internet users who were fired up about online censorship fired up about something else: voting.

They’re working to ensure that Internet users stay engaged in politics and vote in the national election this November. Hence, a voter registration drive culminating on Tuesday, Sept. 25 (otherwise known as National Voter Registration Day).

Click here to register to vote.

If you care about Internet freedom, it’s important to make your voice heard by voting this November. And it’s easy to do. As Personal Democracy’s Micah Sifry wrote this week:

Think about it: If you’re an Internet user, you’re already pretty familiar with the need to register to use your favorite websites. And you’re also probably voting pretty often on those sites, by rating things or upvoting links. So why not make sure you’re registered to vote on the most important site of all — your polling place on Election Day?

If you haven’t registered to vote, get to it — time is running out!

Original photo by Flickr user Rikki's Refuge

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