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Americans Using Social Media to Show Friends They Voted

November 6, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Show Friends They Voted

Twitter, Facebook used by many of the American youth to show friends they voted | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Americans flock to Twitter to prove they voted

AFP

Americans took to Twitter in droves Tuesday to post photos of themselves casting ballots in the long-awaited presidential election, sporting “I voted” stickers and urging others to do the same. Google also got in on the act, enabling users to click on the search engine’s Doodle — made out of ballot…

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