The 2010 elections will be contentious in many big races across the nation. With so much attention being paid to major offices like governor and senator, the channels will be clogged with messages and analysis of those major offices. So what if you’re running for a random office that the general voting public is unfamiliar with? How do you get people to vote for you on election day? Why not Foursquare tips?
Think about it. You can’t campaign in the immediate vicinity of a polling place. But what if the moment right before somebody voted, as they checked in to a polling place on Foursquare they got a tip that said “Vote John Smith for County Office X!”
If I’m a campaign manager in a race where a handful of votes can make a huge difference in a race people are not familiar with I am making sure I (or volunteers) visit every poll in the days leading up to the election and checking in with a tip to vote for my candidate.
Surely there is no law on the books against this right now.
