Google launches voter information mashup
Matt Sokoloff October 5th, 2008
It’s pretty simple. Type in your home address at maps.google.com/vote and Google serves up all the relevant voter information. Current information includes registration, absentee and early voting information. By mid-October they say they’ll include polling locations.
This is more information then what I find on most newspaper or TV station websites. Oh and if you want you can just place the widget on your website…instant voters guide.
The site is also featured on a fun PSA with a bunch of celebrities (I think LostRemote can count as my five friends).
6 Comments Add your own
1. Don Day | October 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Saw this the other day, punched in my address and it had the WRONG COUNTY. And it’s not like I live close to the county it punched up.
FAIL.
Still pretty cool…
2. tdc | October 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
i’d pay a little closer attention to what nbc is doing.
3. Z | October 6th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Doesn’t work at all for me. No info comes up at all.
4. hawkeye | October 6th, 2008 at 9:11 am
NOT SO FAST BIG FELLOW…
Coming soon! Voting location information will be available by mid-October. Until then, please check with your state or local election officials to verify your voting location.
5. Stephan | October 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Annddd… You can’t embed it either. darn.
6. Anonymous | October 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Any mailbox will do in Oregon. Or the local library. Perhaps city hall.
As you are no doubt aware if you are in the northwestern regions, Oregon has had voting by mail for at least two presidential elections now. We got first, or something.
This feature is useless here. In Idaho, however, it might be a godsend!
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