The Obama campaign took over the front page of YouTube Tuesday with an interactive banner ad that helps voters locate nearby polling stations.
At least in theory.
When tipster Matt Halfhill entered his Fresno, Calif., address, the ad sent him to a polling place four hours away. I entered my childhood address in Newport Beach, Calif., and it sent me to a station in Nevada, Iowa. Then I tried addresses in New York, N.Y., Hanover, N.H., and Denver, Colo.; the New York addresses checked out perfectly, but Hanover and Denver yielded no results.
“For the amount of money a takeover on YouTube costs, I am sure an agency is about to have some explaining to do,” Halfhill observed in an email to Mashable.
The Obama campaign could not be immediately reached for comment.
Does the voting tool work for you? Let us know in the comments.
UPDATE: A Google spokesperson said that there was a glitch in the ad “that affected a small number of addresses this morning” that has since been fixed.
Image courtesy of Flickr, Matt Ortega
Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/11/05/obama-youtube-broken-ad/
Obama"s New YouTube Ad May Lead Voters to Wrong Polling Stations
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