We had an awesome government teacher in my senior year of high school. On the second day of school, he handed voter registration sheets to the students, and let you fill them out in class. He would then take all of them up to the courthouse on his own time when each kid was old enough.

It really irks me when people choose not to vote "because they don't like anybody." Well that may be, but one of the people on the long list will be put into office. It's best to put who you think would do the best job in there. I personally plan to vote for Obama, but he's far from my ideal view of a president. Hell, your vote can be a message, as well. Vote for a third party to send a message to the major parties that you want them to focus on a specific issue (Green for environmental legislation, Libertarian for the advancement of the mentally ill.. sorry, couldn't resist). Hell, you can vote for local governments to directly impact you. My friend won a write-in election to be his town's auditor without spending a dime of his own money.