"The secretary of state's office said Tuesday it will have an application on its Facebook page that allows residents to register to vote and then "like" the application and recommend it to their friends. It's expected to launch as early as next week."

 

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Interesting things to note:

• They already had online voter registration - just not via Facebook until now.
  
  
• Users must allow Facebook to access their information.
  
• Users must provide a driver's license or state ID card number in the process.
  
  
• According to the "co-director of elections," Facebook does not have access to the state's database itself.
  

On the positive side, this might make registering to vote easier for some people, and it might increase the overall number of registered voters.

 

On the other hand, with the seemingly constant concern coming up over Facebook's privacy policy, maybe Facebook isn't the best choice for rocking the vote?  This is bound to raise some security concerns over voter fraud as well.

 

Thoughts?