X owner and Trump supporter Elon Musk also tweeted on Election Day that Google is helping Harris voters find polling places, while not doing the same for Trump voters, but the search giant is doing no such thing.
Around 3 pm EST on Tuesday, Musk also posted a conspiracy theory on X, his social media platform, falsely claiming that Google is giving Kamala Harris a wrong turn.
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Sharing a message from X user DogeDesigner to his 203 million followers, Musk wrote, “Are others seeing this?” According to DogeDesigner, “Google shows the ‘Where to Vote’ section with Kamala Harris’s map, but not Donald Trump’s.
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The problem is that DogeDesigner is still a long way off — Google’s “Where to vote” section includes voting information for states, not candidates. I probably knew both DogeDesigner and Musk, from Harris County in both Texas and Georgia.
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Under DogeDesigner’s post was a Community Note that provided additional context: “The search query is valid because Harris is a state in Texas.”
Students added that counties with surname sounds like Clark, Clinton, Eden, Franklin, Floyd, Leon, and Marcy are all searchable in Google’s “Where to Vote” feature.
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Additionally, the NewsFromGoogle X account posted a similar message on Twitter:
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Credited with Google’s explanation, Musk retweeted their message around 4 pm EST, writing, “Thanks for the clarification,” though his original repost on the matter remains on his own account.
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You can find your local office by using this search tool from the US government. Through its #TrustedInfo2024 campaign, the National Association of State Secretaries also provides a compilation of official links. to frequently asked questions about the election process for states and territories. Through these links, you can read basic, accurate information about the election, such as where to vote and how votes are counted, topics that may be subject to last-minute rumors and misinformation.
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