From Military.com:
“How to Stop
Facebook from Bugging You About Voter Registration”
Everyone is
tired of the reminders to "Register to Vote" constantly appearing on
social media timelines -- especially when you know you're registered to vote
and it's after you've cast your absentee ballot. The good news: there's a way
to disable them on Facebook. You can do this on either mobile or desktop and it
will apply to the other platform. Here's the step-by-step.
1. On the
left-hand side of your screen, under your name, click "See More." In
the app, tap the "menu" icon (three horizontal lines) on the bottom
far right, then scroll down to "See More."
2. Then scroll
down to "Town Hall."
3. On the right
side, find "Voting Reminders" and toggle it to "off." In
the app, tap "Settings," and then toggle the "Voting
Reminders" button to "off."
The information
is also removed from Instagram, which is operated by Facebook, but it does not
appear that the notifications themselves will go away completely in that
platform.
If only it was
that easy to stop listening to politically charged commercials. But while
you're turning off the voting reminders, you might want to see what other
information Facebook has on you, and who can see it.
In that same
"Town Hall" section you may also want to remove the address where
you're registered to vote, which will also remove the "Constituent
Badge" which appears next to your name when you have interacted on
Facebook with a representative in the area in which you live. By removing your
registered voting address, you might see it replaced with your physical
address. Facebook's Help Center says "If you choose not to provide your
street address and/or state, you might receive voting and election reminders
based on your primary location." Your primary location is determined by
the city you've entered on your profile, your IP address or activity such as
check-ins, even if you have not allowed precise location collection. Another
area to check is the "Voting Information Center" located under the
"Explore" subhead on the left-hand side. There you can also remove
your address. This section may give you some helpful information if you haven't
yet mailed your ballot or need to check on registration deadlines for elections.
Keeping information safe online should be a priority for all military families,
while you're checking to see what's available in these two areas, take some
time to check your security settings on all platforms and make sure the things
you are posting are seen by your intended audience only.
^ With 15 days
until the Election these are especially annoying since I already voted. Also,
Facebook only told me how to vote in New York and I haven't been allowed to
vote in New York since 2004 (and my current town on Facebook is not listed as in
New York, but in New England.) I call Voter Suppression on Facebook for giving
me false information on how I can vote (ie. voting in New York and not in the
actual State I live in.) If I voted in New York this year it would be a crime
and yet Facebook gives me detailed information on how to commit that crime. ^
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