“This means more young voters, who, if trends hold, are likely to vote for a Democratic candidate. That’s good news for the state’s Democrats, but not current Washington Governor Christine Gregorie: The two-term governor is not running for reelection this year.”Still, I have my reservations about the privacy implications of voter registration, like my friend Art who considers:
"Will the Elections Office auto-post to my timeline what party I registered with and for whom I voted? I appreciate trying to make voter registration easier, but worry about Facebook's privacy issues and tendency to want to scrape my data to market things to me and my friends."As Washington is the first to set this digital precedent, we'll still have to see how Facebook voter registration evolves over time. It is quite likely that more states will follow Washington’s digital precedent, implementing similar initiatives in the near future.
