When Facebook users in the United States logged into Facebook on Election Day this year, they were greeted by a message alerting them of voting activity on Facebook. Users could click a button to announce to their friends that they had already voted and see which of their friends had done the same.
When President Barack Obama visits Facebook on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg might want to dust off his voter registration card.While the founder and CEO of Facebook registered to vote in 2002 in Westchester County, New York, where he grew up, Zuckerberg did not cast a ballot until November 2008, according to election officials.And he has not voted since, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, where he registered as a “decline to state” voter in October 2008.President Obama used YouTube this week to ask his fellow Americans to join him at a town hall meeting on Facebook.Dubbed the "Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity Town Hall," the event will be streamed live on the site on Wednesday afternoon, with the President answering citizen’s questions. On the event's Facebook page, more than 28,000 people have said they will "attend."Facebook officials did not respond to a request for comment on Zuckerberg’s voting history.
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When President Barack Obama visits Facebook on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg might want to dust off his voter registration card.
While the founder and CEO of Facebook registered to vote in 2002 in Westchester County, New York, where he grew up, Zuckerberg did not cast a ballot until November 2008, according to election officials.
And he has not voted since, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, where he registered as a “decline to state” voter in October 2008.
President Obama used YouTube this week to ask his fellow Americans to join him at a town hall meeting on Facebook.
Dubbed the "Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity Town Hall," the event will be streamed live on the site on Wednesday afternoon, with the President answering citizen’s questions. On the event's Facebook page, more than 28,000 people have said they will "attend."
Facebook officials did not respond to a request for comment on Zuckerberg’s voting history.
Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/12iwU)
