{"id":184539,"date":"2019-12-13T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1813684\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T23:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:59:57","slug":"twitter-brings-back-candidate-labels-ahead-of-2020-u-s-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/13\/twitter-brings-back-candidate-labels-ahead-of-2020-u-s-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Brings Back Candidate Labels Ahead of 2020 U.S. Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Election Labels provide information about political candidates. (Photo Credit: Twitter)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

In preparation for next year’s U.S. presidential election (now less than a year away), Twitter<\/a> is launching two initiatives to help people navigate the polls.<\/p>\n

The first may look familiar<\/a> to users who followed the 2018 U.S. midterms: Election Labels.<\/p>\n

Introduced last year, the tags\u2014marked with a small ballot box icon\u2014provide additional information about political candidates, including the office for which they are running (House of Representatives, Senate, or Governor) and their state and district number.<\/p>\n

Stamped onto applicable profile pages, the label will also appear in every tweet and retweet from the user’s account (even when embedded on other sites).<\/p>\n

Twitter has already begun verifying<\/a> campaign accounts, as identified by research partner Ballotpedia\u2014a nonprofit that publishes nonpartisan information on federal, state, and local politics.<\/p>\n

You can expect to start seeing Election Labels roll out once candidates qualify for the general election ballot, starting March 3.<\/p>\n

“These labels received overwhelmingly positive feedback from voters and candidates” in 2018, Twitter’s senior public policy manager Bridget Coyne wrote in a blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“They played a prominent role in election conversation,” she said, noting that in the week leading up to polling day, 13 percent of conversation included a tweet with an Election Label.”<\/p>\n

In addition, Twitter will identify candidates who qualify for the primary ballot for U.S. House, Senate, and Gubernatorial races with a verified badge\u2014the same blue tick mark that denotes celebrities and influencers.<\/p>\n

“When voters look for the latest breaking news and political commentary during an election, they turn to Twitter to find it directly from the source,” Coyne said.<\/p>\n

“That can range from a journalist reporting from the campaign trail,” she continued, “a government office providing voting resources, or a politician sharing their stance on an issue.”<\/p>\n

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