Behold, the newest way Facebook can make your life easier.
Statedemocracy.org just launched VoterTools, an application Facebook users can stick on their page to help themselves (and their friends) locate Voter Registration Info and Absentee Ballot Info. It even has a Poll Locater according to zip code.
If you want to know the possible scope of an application like this to reach young voters, consider this little FYI: Fbook is one of the most popular social networking websites, with nearly 30 million young users. Those 30 million young users represent some 60% of the 50 million Americans ages 18 to 30, or 60% of our nation’s young voters.
I just added VoterTools to my profile, because who knows? It really might be that simple to make it easier for my friends to vote. Sign up for yours here.
I like this–great idea! It is becoming more and more important to vote, in the US and everywhere in the world. I hope Facebook will introduce this tool for other countries too.