Points for Voting: Facebook Places Becomes Part of an Elections Game
In the first time we’ve seen Facebook Places used for political marketing, the location-sharing feature has become part of an elections game.
Fred Trotter, the son of Clayton Trotter, a candidate up for a Congressional seat in Texas, developed a game that lets voters level up depending on how involved they are in a campaign.
Users get past the first level by writing a personal endorsement that’s posted to their wall. Then they can get additional points by checking in at campaign events or headquarters, setting up a telephone voting reminder for themselves or even checking-in at a polling station on election day. They
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