Want to be Able to Register to Vote on Facebook?
Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson is looking to learn about offering paperless voter registration—and the ability to do it Facebook, too.
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Looking to increase and save money on voter registration, Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson called for a hearing to assess the feasibility of paperless voter registration—and using Facebook to register online.
During Wednesday's Boston City Council meeting, District 7's councilor spoke about the state of Washington offering the ability to register to vote online through Facebook by using a program engineered by Facebook and Microsoft.
Jackson said research has show that voting online costs three cents while voting on paper costs eight cents.
New York City is offering online voting registration, as well, said Jackson.
"Both Facebook and Microsoft have offices here—let's get them in and see how we can continue to expedite this process," said Jackson.
The ordinance was referred to the Committee on Government Operations for a future hearing.
David Ertischek
4:01 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
I don't think this is a good idea to use Facebook to register to vote. Good in concept, but there are way too many buggy problems with Facebook. I have clicked to remove an ad on the site three times and it keeps on popping up. I don't trust Facebook enough to get things correct, or not mess up voter registrations.