The "oui" camp has been coming up with some intriguing (some might say desperate) ideas in an effort to get out their vote today. Wearing the colours of the yes campaign and texting and emailing everyone in your address book is just the beginning. "If you have high speed broadband and unlimited calls [on your contract], abuse it," urges the UMP-affiliated Jeunes Populaires site, adding: "If you have a Bluetooth-enabled mobile, you can 'bluejack' militantly until Sunday. Rename your mobile 'vote yes' and when you're on public transport or in a public place, set your phone to seek out other Bluetooth-enabled devices."
The no camp, meanwhile, has its own gimmicks, notably this 
rather dreadful song, Mouton Noir (Black Sheep), which urges the French not to vote with the herd but to make the rest of Europe think again. Jeunes Pour Le Non have parodied a Star Wars poster, with Yoda admonishing Darth Vader: "If wisdom will you have, No will you vote." This poster, meanwhile, plays on French fears that Turkey will join the EU by depicting a French coq drawing on a European narghile pipe. The smoke he exhales says "Non". "2015: 100 Turkish MEPs" warns another poster.
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