No, I don’t yet have any footage from the new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. But at least you didn’t get Rick Roll’d, like I unfortunately did while optimistically searching for a leaked copy (actually getting Rick Roll’d at your lonely home office isn’t too bad. In fact, I got up and danced. Because I can).

What I do have for you instead, while you wait for the trailer to premiere on AOL tonight at 9pm EST, is a new clip related to Harry Potter, courtesy of MTV Movies Blog. It’s a Street Team news report on the HP Alliance’s Wizard Rock the Vote movement (aka Wrock the Vote), which helps Harry Potter fans register to vote.

Now, I probably love Wizard Rock more than the average non-Potterfile, and I encourage you all to see the documentary We Are Wizards if you ever have a chance (read my review from SXSW here). And, of course, I love any campaign that promotes voting (well, maybe the “Vote or Die!” idea was a little harsh).

However, there’s something I find funny about using Harry Potter to promote democracy. Never mind the fact that there appears to be a lot of minors in the audience at Wizard Rock shows (they’ll hopefully remember to vote once they turn 18). I just imagine that a lot of these fans are so die-hard crazy that they’re just going to write-in their favorite boy wizard on the ballot.

Sure, if Harry Potter was a real person (and not born in the UK), he could use his wand to easily bring about more change than promised by Obama. Unfortunately, the only real life candidates are Muggles. Great, HP Alliance, now you’ve got me feeling dispirited about the election. So much for your goal to get people excited about voting.