YouTube has partnered with PBS to empower American voters to upload their Election Day voting experiences to YouTube.

Starting today, registered United States voters can share their voting experiences via the Video Your Vote YouTube Channel. On November 4, the Channel will serve as the premier online destination for up-to-the-minute coverage from voters contributing videos straight from thousands of precincts across the country.

The initiative educates voters on the entire process and a wide array of issues associated with voting in America, while enabling the world to watch pivotal moments as they unfold. In the first presidential election since YouTube’s inception, this program aims to gather massive amounts of polling place video, with the Channel serving as an online library for Election Day footage.

Some of the best videos will be showcased on PBS television, as part of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer’s Election Day broadcast. They may also be used throughout PBS’ election coverage, both on-air and online. YouTube users are asked to tag all of their Election Day videos “videoyourvote”. Events, for instance, that hinder the voting process should be tagged, “pollproblem”. These videos, as well as those documenting the spectrum of the entire voting process, will be easy to find on the Channel and analysts from PBS’ political team will then review some of them and offer commentary on how the election played out.

Originally posted on October 15, 2008 @ 10:49 am