Big Celebrities: Use Google to Find Voting Info
Take it from Leo, Snoop, and Borat
Google has a site where you can find your local voting information through Google Maps by searching for your home address. In an effort to get as many people to take advantage of this as possible (and ultimately vote), a lot of big stars have come together in a public service announcement video to encourage viewers to do so.
The cast includes: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, “Borat”, Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, and Jason Segal.

This is actually the second star-packed video (here's the first) to advertise the Google site, and YouTube is also running ads for the site at the bottom of videos while they play:

Google's tool could really play a big part in getting people to vote, because year after year, many people just simply have not known where to go, and have probably been too lazy to find out, and instead of trying, just didn't vote. It's not hard to imagine many of these people sitting around watching YouTube videos, so it seems like a pretty good place for the PSA and ads. Even Halloween Google Doodle designer Wes Craven has a YouTube video telling people to vote.
By the way, Google has also released a mobile tool for volunteers to show people where to vote.
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9 Comments
This wasn't Google's idea.
This wasn't Google's idea. It was Leonardo DiCaprio who wrote and produced this spot. He just happened to highlight Google's service.
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Wow! that is another amazing idea from Google. Thanks for the link.
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It is nice, Google method for voting count
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a nice idea from google. Thanks for the info.
Any idea where I can buy an
Any idea where I can buy an Angelina Jolie clone?
Good stuff
Wow, I didn't realize so many celebs got involved in this stuff. Thanks for sharing!
very interesting idea from
very interesting idea from Google. I wish I could get that kind of help when I vote because here is a mess on the elections day.
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