Twitter is bringing back election labels to help users identify the accounts and tweets of people running for office.
The first time Twitter used the labels was during the 2018 midterm elections. Similar to the blue check marks that appear next to the names of verified users, the labels will include what office a candidate is running for and where.
Twitter hopes that the labels will help prevent the proliferation of fake accounts or accounts that pretend to be a certain candidate. The labels will only appear after the primaries for general election candidates and will not include President Trump or other presidential candidates.
Twitter will also work to verify the accounts of candidates running who don’t already sport a blue check.
The verification will be done on a rolling basis in partnership with the nonprofit organization Ballotpedia, which will help the social media site identify the accounts of people who are running for the hundreds of elected positions.
