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Rock the Vote and MySpace have partnered on an initiative to encourage potential voters to register to vote for the 2008 presidential election.

The "DemROCKracy Band Competition" invites any artists with a MySpace page to install a widget that allows users to register to vote. The goal is to register as many voters as possible.

The first 25 bands to register 150 people will be featured in a custom Rock the Vote Playlist on TouchTunes digital jukeboxes at thousands of locations nationwide. The winner of the competition will open the Rock the Vote's Ballot Bash concert at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Monday, August 25. The winner will also be featured on Rock the Vote's homepage.

In addition the winner will receive a Gibson SG Standard Guitar, which is valued at about $1,500 along with an SG Reissue bass guitar. Two runners-up will receive a Gibson SG Special guitar.

The competition runs through July and ends on Thursday, August 14. The top three bands that have registered the most voters will be placed on the MySpace/Rock the Vote homepage for fans to choose the winner.

"This competition with Rock the Vote is furthering the democratization of music and the ability of bands to engage their fans through MySpace," said Lee Brenner, Director of Impact and Executive Producer of Political Programming at MySpace.