How To Get The I Voted Button On Facebook

FACEBOOK and Instagram are letting voters in the UK add "I Voted" frames to their photos to mark today's General Election.

If you've headed to the polls, you can let all your friends know that you exercised your democratic right across your favourite social media platforms.

Facebook is encouraging Brits to get out and vote in today's General Election Credit: AFP or licensors

The easiest option on Facebook is to press the 'Share You Voted' button at the top of your feed.

And on Instagram, you can use 'Vote' and 'I Voted' stickers – which can be added to your Story.

It's also possible to add a frame to your Facebook profile picture to celebrate today's General Election.

First, go to the following page: http://facebook.com/profilepicframes

You can add 'Vote' stickers to your photos

Then search for the name of the party that you voted for.

You'll be able to choose from a selection of different frames on the left hand side.

Pick one, position your photo correctly, and then choose how long you'd like to add the frame for.

You can choose options ranging from one hour to forever (although you can change it whenever you like, of course).

Then once you're done, press 'Use as Profile Picture' and the photo frame will activate.

There are also options to let pals know that you've already voted

Facebook said that its reminder prompted over 335,000 voter registrations in the five days before the deadline.

According to the Cabinet Office website, Facebook's reminder contributed to around 22% of the 1.6million people who registered over that period.

"Throughout the election campaign we've worked hard to encourage voter participation and help people exercise their important democratic right," said Steve Hatch, VP of Northern Europe at Facebook.

"In the final five days of voter registration, our reminder led to more than 335,000 people registering to vote.

"On election day we'll have reminders to vote in Facebook newsfeeds as well as special stickers on Messenger and Instagram so people can tell friends and family they've voted.

"We hope we can do our bit to help get people down to their polling station today."

Highlights of the General Election 2019 campaign

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