{"id":28805,"date":"2020-10-19T11:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T05:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?p=28805"},"modified":"2020-10-19T16:01:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:31:25","slug":"google-assistant-maps-and-search-can-now-help-you-figure-out-where-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/gadgets\/google-assistant-maps-and-search-can-now-help-you-figure-out-where-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Assistant, Maps and Search can now help You figure out where to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Election Day approaches! Still not certain where the closest polling location or ballot drop box is? Google would like to help.<\/p>\n<p>This morning that the firm rolled out a couple of attributes across Google Assistant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/development\/want-to-rank-your-website-on-google-search-page-1-heres-what-you-need-to-follow\/\">Google Maps and Google Search<\/a>, all supposed to kick in every time a user appears to be searching for advice on voting places.<\/p>\n<p>About Google Search, by way of instance, a search for&#8221;ballot fall boxes around me&#8221; will now develop a dedicated instrument for discovering just that &#8212; punch from the address where you are registered to vote, and it is going to help you locate a drop box or polling location so.<br \/>\n<span class=\"seethis_lik\"><span>Also read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/top-10\/the-10-best-job-search-websites\/\">Top 10 Job Search Websites of 2024<\/a><\/span>\n<p>The identical tool will even pop up if you search for items like&#8221;the way to locate polling location&#8221; or&#8221;in which to vote,&#8221; so there is some flexibility within it.<\/p>\n<p>The Maps integration is somewhat more restricted, but it will get the work done. Looking for&#8221;where can I vote&#8221; from the Google Maps mobile program ends in a prompt which will throw you in the above mentioned web-based Google Search stream.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve discovered your place, tapping on the &#8220;Instructions&#8221; button will swing you into the Maps program.<\/p>\n<p>Google says it is pulling its polling place information from that the Voting Information Project as part of a venture using Democracy Works.<\/p>\n<p>The business says they will be incorporating more polling areas leading up till Election Day, hoping to have greater than 200,000 in the machine when all is done and said.<br \/>\n<span class=\"seethis_lik\"><span>Also read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-civitai\/\">Everything You Need To Know About CivitAI (2024 Guide)<\/a><\/span>\n<p>Do not wish to receive your polling location details from Google, or simply need to double check items?<\/p>\n<p>There is always websites like Vote.org (which, in case you are interested, is exactly what Siri urges when prompted using the&#8221;Where do I vote?&#8221; Query ), which also provides advice on assessing your voter registration status, becoming a poll worker, etc..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election Day approaches! Still not certain where the closest polling location or ballot drop box is? Google would like to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":28806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[2845,2846],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28805"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28834,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28805\/revisions\/28834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/28806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}