Utah.Gov Creates Alexa Skill to Help Voters Learn About Candidates
October 30, 2018
Digital Assistants Expand Online Services to More Utahns
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Utah has launched a new service to help educate Utah voters on Amazon
Echo devices. The Utah Ballot Information Alexa Skill enables Utahns to
quickly learn about candidates, amendments, questions, and propositions.
Simply say, “Alexa, tell me about question one,” and Alexa will read
information about the ballot item.
“It is so important that residents educate themselves about the options
available to them during this election season,” said Spencer Cox, Utah
Lieutenant Governor. “This service is a great way to easily learn more
about ballot initiatives.”
Residents can enable the skill on any Echo device. Just tell Alexa to,
“Enable Utah Ballot Information.” The Amazon Echo Alexa skill will then
help you learn more about the issues that interest voters.
“Utah leads the country by providing useful, innovative online services
for Utah residents,” said Mike Hussey, Utah Chief Information Officer.
“Beyond the services we provide at Utah.Gov, audio services like the
Alexa assistant will help individuals like the visually impaired.”
Enable the Utah
Ballot Information skill here:
To learn more visit Utah.Gov.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UtahGov
Facebook:
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Utah
blogs: http://www.utah.gov/blogs/
About Utah.Gov
Utah.gov is the entry point to over 1,000 online services and benefits
over 2.7 million residents in the state of Utah. Utah.gov provides
citizens and businesses with more convenient options for interacting
with government. Through Utah.gov, citizens can find public meetings,
renew their vehicle registration, buy a hunting and fishing license,
register a business, find a transparent state budget, and much more. In
2015 alone, Utah.gov received 21 awards making it the nation’s most
honored state website. Utah.gov is managed and operated through a
public-private partnership between the state and Utah Interactive, the
Salt Lake City-based official digital government partner for the state
of Utah. Utah Interactive is part of firm NIC’s family of companies.
About NIC
NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV) is the nation’s premier provider of innovative
digital government solutions and secure payment processing, which help
make government interactions more accessible for everyone through
technology. The family of NIC companies has developed a library of more
than 13,000 digital government services for more than 6,000 federal,
state, and local government agencies. Among these solutions is the
ground-breaking personal assistant for government, Gov2Go, delivering
citizens personalized reminders and a single platform for all government
interactions. More information is available at www.egov.com.
Contacts
Utah Interactive
Sara Watts, 801-983-0275
General
Manager
swatts@utahinteractive.org
or
Department
of Technology Services
Stephanie Weteling, 801-538-3284
Public
Information Officer
stweiss@utah.gov