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Voting Registration Problems? Google Shows You How
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First Posted: Jul 21, 2016 03:55 AM EDT
Before anyone can even vote for the upcoming presidential elections in November, it's important that all voters should be registered. And that's usually where the problem starts.
Voter registration can be a very complicated and messy process that can make even a patient man growl in frustration. Rules and deadlines are so different in every state leaving many voters confused.
And for those reasons, tech giant Google stepped in to help voters make their votes count.
The company has complied all the information voters need to register in their state that will be accessible via a new search tool that will be launched on Monday at 6 A.M. Pacific time.
To access the information, voters can type in the keywords "register to vote" or other similar phrases in Google Search and users will be given a set of guidelines including the process of registration, requirements to be registered, and when the deadlines will be.
The search will encompass all states and will provide a guide to the step-by-step process so that users can get the "information they need to register correctly and on time - right at the top of the Search page and in the Google app," said Google product manager, Jacob Schonberg.
Google's motivation for doing this? Every vote counts.
"Every election matters and every vote counts," Google writes in its blog post. "The American democracy relies on everyone's participation in the political process."
For those yet undecided as to whom they will be voting for, Google also created a compendium that will explain both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Google will show you what each convention is, who their nominees are and the schedule of when they are going to speak.
To get more information on the conventions, Google will make available a livestream video on YouTube where viewers can watch the events as they unfold.
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First Posted: Jul 21, 2016 03:55 AM EDT
Before anyone can even vote for the upcoming presidential elections in November, it's important that all voters should be registered. And that's usually where the problem starts.
Voter registration can be a very complicated and messy process that can make even a patient man growl in frustration. Rules and deadlines are so different in every state leaving many voters confused.
And for those reasons, tech giant Google stepped in to help voters make their votes count.
The company has complied all the information voters need to register in their state that will be accessible via a new search tool that will be launched on Monday at 6 A.M. Pacific time.
To access the information, voters can type in the keywords "register to vote" or other similar phrases in Google Search and users will be given a set of guidelines including the process of registration, requirements to be registered, and when the deadlines will be.
The search will encompass all states and will provide a guide to the step-by-step process so that users can get the "information they need to register correctly and on time - right at the top of the Search page and in the Google app," said Google product manager, Jacob Schonberg.
Google's motivation for doing this? Every vote counts.
"Every election matters and every vote counts," Google writes in its blog post. "The American democracy relies on everyone's participation in the political process."
For those yet undecided as to whom they will be voting for, Google also created a compendium that will explain both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Google will show you what each convention is, who their nominees are and the schedule of when they are going to speak.
To get more information on the conventions, Google will make available a livestream video on YouTube where viewers can watch the events as they unfold.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone