YouTube wants you to 'Video your Vote'

YouTube and PBS have created a new channel called "Video Your Vote," and they're hoping you will capture your voting experience and share it with the rest of the world. Both companies are encouraging voters to document the good and the bad on election day in a three-minute long clip that may or may not air on PBS.

But before you get all Steven Spielberg at the polls, keep in mind that most states have regulations that prohibit filming in or around polling stations, so you might want check with them first, and perhaps read the Citizen Media Law Project guide before heading out.

Steve Grove, YouTube's Head of News and Politics, says he hopes voters will "examine all aspects of voting from the registration processes, to reforms, to technology and election administration, to the actual casting of ballots." The best clips highlighting these events will be included in a PBS show called the "News Hour with Jim Lehrer's Election Day" broadcast so make sure you add the tag "videoyourvote" to your election videos.

In addition, YouTube and PBS will also be giving away 1,000 Flip Video camcorders to non-partisan nonprofit groups and local PBS stations across the country to help them capture the election process too, so there will be plenty of citizen journalism at the polls during this election.

So this year, make sure you pack your camcorder when you head to the polls on election day, but most importantly, be safe out there.