If you used Google to tell you where to vote on Thursday, it may have given you bad advice.
Virginia Square resident Charlie Fitzpatick tells Fast Company magazine that a Google service intended to assist voters directed him to a location in Courthouse, almost a mile away from where he was supposed to be voting.
A text message service intended to provide polling place information also provided misinformation on election day, Fast Company reports.
Politico has the story, as well.
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