--- title: New Google Doodle Wants to Help Get You Registered to Vote description: After experiencing a spike in election-related searches, Google rolled out some new tools to help voters get registered. canonical: https://time.com/4507570/google-doodle-voter-registration-day/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-26T14:02:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:49:25.640Z article:section: Politics og:title: New Google Doodle Wants to Help Get You Registered to Vote og:description: Searching "how to vote" offers step-by-step instructions for each state og:url: https://time.com/4507570/google-doodle-voter-registration-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2465a399237a9470/6988a7762dce01d5389eac6e/us-voter-registration-day-reminder-5701453076234240-hp.gif?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: us-voter-registration-day-reminder-5701453076234240-hp.gif og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Google Doodle Wants to Help Get You Registered to Vote twitter:description: Searching "how to vote" offers step-by-step instructions for each state twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2465a399237a9470/6988a7762dce01d5389eac6e/us-voter-registration-day-reminder-5701453076234240-hp.gif?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Google Doodle Wants to Help Get You Registered to Vote by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 26, 2016 2:02 PM UTC  On the eve of National Voter Registration Day, Google is taking the opportunity to prompt voters to get registered. On the eve of National Voter Registration Day, Google is taking the opportunity to prompt voters to get registered.Google by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 26, 2016 2:02 PM UTC On the eve of National Voter Registration Day, Google is taking the opportunity to prompt voters to get registered. Clicking on today’s Google doodle, which flashes “Register to Vote in different languages,” leads users to the search engine’s [enhanced “how to vote” feature](http://time.com/4452833/search-how-to-vote-google/). The search giant offers step-by-step instructions on getting registered along with all the requirements and deadlines for each state. Google rolled out a few tools to assist voters after [experiencing an increase](http://time.com/4452833/search-how-to-vote-google/) in the number of people turning to the platform for information around the election. Registration and voting-related searches usually peak around October, when many Americans are rushing to figure out when their state’s [voter registration deadlines](http://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/) are. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4507570/google-doodle-voter-registration-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4507570/google-doodle-voter-registration-day/"},"headline":"New Google Doodle Wants to Help Get You Registered to Vote","datePublished":"2016-09-26T14:02:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:49:25.640Z","description":"Searching \"how to vote\" offers step-by-step instructions for each state","url":"https://time.com/4507570/google-doodle-voter-registration-day/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Internet","Google","Voting"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2465a399237a9470/6988a7762dce01d5389eac6e/us-voter-registration-day-reminder-5701453076234240-hp.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2465a399237a9470/6988a7762dce01d5389eac6e/us-voter-registration-day-reminder-5701453076234240-hp.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"us-voter-registration-day-reminder-5701453076234240-hp.gif","caption":"On the eve of National Voter Registration Day, Google is taking the opportunity to prompt voters to get registered.","creditText":"Google","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4507570/google-doodle-voter-registration-day/","name":"New Google Doodle Wants to Help Get You Registered to Vote"}}]}] ```