In the USA, about 1/4 of American voters have not register to vote yet. We all know how important the role of the next US president (Obama or McCain) will be on an international scale. For the purpose of pushing the 1/4 unregistered voters to go put their names on the voting lists, the Google Maps team developed a clever tool to help unregistered voters find their nearest voting location, along with detailed information related to voting deadlines specific to different states and counties.

We’re trying to help increase participation by making sure you have easy access to voting information. Google’s Voter Info Map currently puts registration, absentee and early voting information in one place.

Once again, we see how emerging mapping technologies can play a central role in the structuralization of a community’s information system. To raise awareness of such a useful community tool, the Google Maps team partnered up with scores of Hollywood stars who participated to the creation of this 5-minute video-clip. The purpose of the video is to motivate the unregistered voters to use the Google’s Voter Info Map to find the nearest place to go register.

Movie stars are encouraging us to be good citizens through new technologies. This definitely is a new world order!