PANAJI: Elections are when people come to Twitter to find credible information about voting, to learn about candidates and their manifestos, and to engage in healthy civic debate and conversation. As a service for public conversation, Twitter is committed to enabling people to make informed decisions when exercising their civic rights, says a press release.
As the states of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand prepare for the #AssemblyElections2022, Twitter has announced a series of initiatives to empower citizens with the right knowledge before they cast their vote. These initiatives, powered by an Open Internet, are directed towards not just ensuring a high voter turnout, but also aiding in ensuring voters are involved, engaged and informed throughout the election cycle, and everyone with the Right to Vote is a #JagrukVoter.
In the first line up of initiatives, Twitter will be launching a customized emoji, which will further be supported with a notification and reminder mechanism which will allow people to voluntarily sign-up for reminders on the day voting starts. Further, a voter education quiz will engage people in Q&As, equipping them with necessary facts about the polls. Twitter will also be expanding its dedicated search prompt, powered by the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP), to provide people with real time updates and developments on the elections from credible and authoritative sources.
Payal Kamat, Public Policy & Government, Twitter India, said: “Twitter is what’s happening, and events of political and civic significance always find a place among the conversations on the service. Public discourse is shaped by these conversations, and we recognise the responsibility that it places on us — to ensure that people are met with reliable and authentic information as they go out to vote. In line with that, we’ve been working in partnership with official authorities, including the Election Commission of India to empower every #JagrukVoter on Twitter, and we will continue to harness the power of the Open Internet to strengthen civic dialogue and encourage quality participation this election season.”
Election search prompt with the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP)
Twitter has launched an information search prompt with the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) and Chief Electoral Officers to make it easy to find credible and authoritative information for the #AssemblyElections2022. These prompts provide credible, authoritative sources of information when people search with related keywords on Twitter’s Explore page. The prompt will direct people to resources where they can access reliable information about candidate lists, voting dates, polling booths, and more.
In addition to English, the Search Prompt will be available in Hindi, Punjabi, and Konkani, and will be supported by several hashtags including #AssemblyPolls2022, #उत्तराखंडविधानसभाचुनाव, #उत्तरप्रदेशचुनाव२०२२, #गोवाविधानसभावेंचणूक2022, #ਪੰਜਾਬਵਿਧਾਨਸਭਾਚੋਣਾਂ2022 and #ManipurElections2022.
