Google Gets Political With Voting Tools
Oct 2, 2008 at 10:54am ET by Greg Sterling
Google is mounting a multi-facted campaign to get people to register to vote and actually show up at the polls. There’s a voter information/registration map and a mobile version. There’s also a widget/gadget you can embed in your blog or site. It provides registration information, tied to home address.
Google is also helping promote a celebrity effort to get people to vote with a novel “don’t vote” message:
Google also previously came out against the anti-Gay marriage initiative in California, Proposition 8, which has caused some right wing groups to call for a Google boycott.
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign has released an iPhone app.
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