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Google adds us presidential election 2016 information to search results

2016 us presidential election- Google updates her innovation for Web users for the us presidential elections

Google which happen to be the World No. 1 Search Engine in the world, have just stepping up its efforts to provide U.S. voters  with all the information they need ahead of 

2016 us presidential election Day  with the addition of ballot information to Google Search results.


 users now search for a query like “who’s on my ballot,” can now view full information about the their candidate of choice. This information is accompanied by your own state’s referenda.
Any search with words like “my ballot” and similar phrases will also surface this same information, which is presented in a card that appears at the top of Google’s search results, with “2016 election.”
Now, it has been designed in such a way that Google will first ask you to enter in the complete street address of where you’re registered to vote, before you’re able to see your ballot details. But if you’re a aware of Google Maps, your search box will pop up asking  you to use your home’s location, which you can do by just clicking. The moment Google knows where you’re voting, it will present the candidate details about who’s running in the election, both on the national and state level.
Candidates for 2016 us presidential election will be asked for items such as
·      name,


·      photo,
·      and party affiliation.
After this, click on individual candidates which will take you directly to a Google search for their name. this is going to help you  easily locate the candidate’s website, Wikipedia entry (which is also used to power the informational card to the right of the search results), and any current news where they’re mentioned, among other things.

SEARCHING FOR POLLING UNIT In the 2016 us presidential election 

You should also note that Google has started displaying peoples polling unit, location in the search results, when you search for “where to vote,”
Google will keep add data from each state over the next couple of weeks, as this information becomes available for those who wish to vote early and for those planning to vote in person on November 8th U.S. 2016 us presidential election . The two options will be presented as separate tabs


·      “Vote early” and
·      “Vote on Election Day”
There will also be a Search-box that appears on the top of the search results.
The box will also link to voting requirements and the ballot, for easy reference.

BALLOT INFORMATION On 2016 us presidential election 

Ballot information comes after several other moves by Google to make voting information  easily accessible to web searchers.
By summer, Google has added registration information, voting information and voting information in Spanish to its search results. It has even pushed users to vote directly from the Google homepage.



Google Also notes, too, that it’s opening up this data to third-party organizations for free, who can use its products and the Google Civic Information API to create tools that will allow them to integrate voting information into their own services.
SOCIAL NETWORKS ALSO PROVIDING U.S. VOTING  SEARCH OPTIONS
·       Uber,
·       Twitter, 
·      Expedia and
·      Hotels.com,
Google adds us presidential election 2016  information to search results
These have started helping voters, as well as nonprofits like Pew Charitable Trusts The Voting Information Project, and Democracy Works’ 

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