How Instagram, Google, Facebook and Other Tech Notables Are Getting Out the Vote

With social calls for civic duty

This afternoon, Instagram is sending many of its 100 million U.S. users a reminder to go vote. The mobile app announced today that it built the feature over the weekend, and it's reaching people who allow push notifications on their smartphones.

If you get push notifications, a message will pop up on your phone's home screen—tap it, and you'll be taken to Instagram's account, where there are links to help find your polling place. The Facebook-owned app has also installed a colorful, interactive mural at Flatiron Plaza on 23rd Street in New York that encourages folks to post photos with the election-themed hashtag #FromWhereIStand2016

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