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Mapping Possible Voting Issues


Whatever the outcome of today's US election I suspect in that place volition survive some combat over the side past times side few days some issues of voter fraud, suppression in addition to intimidation. Electionland is using Google Trends to rails voting issues some the province every bit they happen.

More than 650 journalism students, 450 journalists, 250 media organizations, 2 nonprofits in addition to 7 applied scientific discipline companies convey come upward together to practise the Electionland Google Trends Map. The map shows inwards real-time where people are using Google to search for words in addition to issues most voting.

To practise the map Electionland has compiled a listing of words that people mightiness purpose (in Castilian & English) to betoken voting issues piece searching Google. Some of the issues that are addressed inwards these fundamental words are:
  • Long aspect times at polling stations 
  • Voting auto issues 
  • Voter intimidation 
  • Inactive voter status 
  • Provisional ballot status
The map itself color codes the results on the map past times these v dissimilar voting issues. You tin too filter the map past times whatsoever of these issues. Therefore, for example, yous could conduct 'Long aspect times' to persuasion where voters could survive experiencing long queues earlier casting their vote. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 driblet downward card allows yous to zoom inwards on whatsoever province to order yous a persuasion of the apparent voting issues inwards the selected state.