Additionally, Facebook says it will now offer Election Reminders for local elections.
Along with this news, Facebook also announced it's launching local election reminders for the first time, to encourage users to vote in state, county, and municipal elections.
"This trend is being promoted by @TwitterGov, which will create even more access to voter registration information, including election reminders and an absentee ballot FAQ".
The new, local election reminders will appear for all state, county, and municipal elections in the U.S. in areas with a population of over 10,000 people, and will include both primaries and general elections.
Volunteers from, Postcards to Voters, a nationwide group of volunteers organized by Tony McMullin, mailed 283,857 handwritten election reminders to voters in IDC districts.
This is not really an announcement, more a handy pre-election reminder.
The story of the ugly fight over Palm Beach County's disastrous "butterfly ballot" and the Sunshine State's "hanging chads" ought to be required viewing for every American citizen in the days leading up to this November's general election; a reminder to one and all about how fragile our democracy truly is and how far from ideal it has become.
Results suggest that immediately following positive news coverage of Obama's handling of the storm's aftermath, Sandy's salience positively influenced attitudes toward Obama, but that by election day, reminders of the hurricane became a drag instead of a boon for the President.
But I convinced them to vote, and added a few with election-day reminders.
This election is a reminder that identity politics in America is a white invention: it was the basis of segregation.
Ms. Brunner said that her office had sent local election officials a reminder about the rule before voting started Tuesday.
