President-elect Barack Obama has been quite busy trying to get the public to support his upcoming initiatives. His web designers have been busy as well. Obama used the Internet to raise hundreds of millions of dollars and promote his campaign ideas to the younger generation. Now, he wants us to tell him what we would like to see him do over the next four years. To facilitate this, his transition team has set up an area on their website, change.gov, for input from ordinary citizens.

This is your opportunity to tell President-elect Obama that you want your right to gamble online in a safe and legal environment. Obama has been quoted as saying the Internet is “a Wild West of illegal activity”, and supports a study of Internet gambling. Call him on it – take the two minutes required to sign up and vote to repeal the UIGEA. Ask him why are we paying other countries millions of dollars to keep them from offering gambling services to US customers? Why do we want to violate international treaty? Why are we wasting time setting regulations for an unenforceable law that will not achieve the desired effect?

GET INVOLVED

Simply go to http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/ideas/viewIdea.apexp?id=087800000004xwM&srPos=2&srKp=087 and vote to repeal the UIGEA. You must register with you name and email address first, then click ‘Vote Up’. If you would like to comment there is an area at the bottom of the page to voice your opinion. You can also search under UIGEA and vote for legalized poker or click on ‘Share Your Idea’ and start your own thread.

Share your ideas on Internet gambling with the new administration, then rate or comment on other relevant posts. The best rated ideas will be gathered into a Citizen’s Briefing Book to be delivered to President Obama after he is sworn in. We have the power to affect change – sign in to get started, or start voting now. Don’t delay – the inauguration is only a few days away!