Ballotpedia Launches Partnership with IFTTT
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Middleton, Wis. - August 16, 2017: Today, Ballotpedia launched a partnership with IFTTT, also known as if this, then that, allowing readers new ways of getting updates from Ballotpedia. Readers looking to stay on top of election and political news from a neutral source can now choose how they get those updates from Ballotpedia. Through IFTTT, readers can get breaking news updates from Ballotpedia sent to their phone or inbox. Readers can also get notifications each time Ballotpedia publishes a new fact check. Check out the first list of actions you can take through the Applets listed below.
- Post Ballotpedia's breaking news updates to a slack channel
- Receive Ballotpedia's breaking news updates via a text
- Post breaking Ballotpedia news to your Facebook
- Tweet the latest breaking news from Ballotpedia
- Get a text when Ballotpedia publishes a new fact check
- Receive the latest Ballotpedia fact checks in your inbox
To activate any of these Applets, create an IFTTT account through their website, or by downloading the app to your smart phone. Then visit this page to set up notifications.
Ballotpedia will continue adding new Applets to IFTTT. You can also email us to request an Applet you would like to see.
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Ballotpedia is the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Its goal is to preserve and expand knowledge about politics by providing exceptionally high-quality, accurate, and objective information about local, state, and federal politics and policies. Its content includes neutral, accurate, and verifiable information on government officials and the offices they hold, political issues and public policy, elections, candidates, and the influencers of politics. Headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, Ballotpedia was founded in 2006. It has grown to include over 250,000 professionally authored encyclopedic articles that have garnered over 750 million page views.
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